North African dust carried to the UK by a weather system are forecast to have some unusual effects in the coming days.

A plume of dust may arrive in the UK this week, leading to dramatic sunrises and sunsets, as well as possible blood rain. The ...

Greece is facing a rare "triple threat" of weather phenomena: storm systems, a cold front, and Saharan dust sweeping in from Africa.

Dust plumes, whipped up by winds over the Sahara Desert, are moving over western Europe. This annual phenomenon—known in Spanish as “La Calima,” which literally translates to “the haze”—means a ...

When Saharan dust reaches the UK and Europe, as a huge country-sized cloud did over the past few days, it can transform the sky. Tiny particles drifting in the atmosphere scatter blue light while ...

In March 2026, winds carried Saharan dust to Europe, creating dirty rain in Spain, France, and the UK while affecting weather, clouds, and solar power, according to NASA and MeteoSwiss.

A plume of very fine sand and mineral particles has travelled all the way from North Africa to the UK on warm southerly winds ...

IRISH households are being warned not to put their washing outside as a plume of “Saharan dust” sweeps across the country, ...

More frequent and intense winter dust events have affected Europe in recent years, according to some new research. Scientists believe that drier-than-normal conditions in northwestern Africa and more ...

An “intense” Saharan dust plume is to sweep into Europe this week as sand from North Africa is blown into the Iberian peninsula and western Mediterranean. Colourful sunrises and sunsets, hazy skies, ...

A hard rain is going to fall. Dust plumes, whipped up by winds over the Sahara Desert, are moving over western Europe. This annual phenomenon—known in Spanish as “La Calima,” which literally ...