Saharan dust cloud the size of the continental US is impacting summer weather and you may not have even noticed
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The days are hot. The storms are few and far between. The sunsets are beautiful. And high in the sky is a layer of dust that has traveled thousands of miles from Africa impacting the weather we're seeing in the southern U.S. and beyond.
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