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SHOCKING: Exceptional sahara dust cloud heading across europe - You Need To See This

The sky above the French city of Nice, clouded with thick sand dust blown in from the Sahara, 30 March 2024. © Valery Hache/AFP

A massive dust plume is crossing Europe, deteriorating air quality in many areas, warns the European climate monitor. The phenomenon has been increasing in recent years, and this is the third dust episode in two weeks.

The EU's Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (Cams) called the current dust cloud that has now reached parts of France and could go as far north as Scandinavia, “exceptionally intense”.

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