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

BBC Weather Watchers and others have captured the otherworldly impact of a plume of Saharan dust high up in the atmosphere.

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 ...

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, ...

Known as “La Calima,” this desert dust plume could hit Spain, Portugal and France, bringing with it grit-laden, rust-colored ...

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

Dust plumes, whipped up by winds over the Sahara Desert, are moving over western Europe. This annual phenomenon—known in ...

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.

Saharan dust typically travels across the Atlantic this time of year, but this could be the biggest yet of 2025 and could cause dazzling sunsets.

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 ...

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

As the dust moves across Britain temperatures could reach 19C in some areas due to the warm air sweeping up from the south, ...