Massive Sahara Dust Cloud To Hit Miami

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, reports that a massive Saharan dust cloud — spanning the size of the continental U.S. — is traveling across the Atlantic and will reach Miami and other Gulf Coast regions this week. As noted by The New York Times, this plume will have crossed over 5,000 miles from North Africa. McIntyre explains that such transcontinental air events are becoming more common, similar to how Canadian wildfire smoke has reached U.S. cities like Washington, D.C. He warns that distant environmental events can have direct consequences for urban populations far from their origins.