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BIZARRE: Sand storms ahead with saharan dust cloud set to smother france | Mind Blowing Facts

A dust cloud from the Sahara envelops the village of Orschwihr in eastern France, on 6 February, 2021. © AFP/Sébastien Bozon

A cloud of sand from the Sahara Desert will cover the whole of France this weekend – an orange spectacle visible to the naked eye that may cause some health problems.

France will once again be covered by a cloud of sand from the Sahara this weekend, a phenomenon that already affected the south-east of the country last Saturday.

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