These clouds of Saharan dust can be deadly for anyone suffering from asthma, heart or lung disease but scientists believe they also dampen the formation of hurricanes

An enormous cloud of dust from the Sahara is floating westward over the Atlantic Ocean, heading straight for Florida. The densest part of the African dust plume has already reache

Dust from the Sahara desert will cloud the skies of the US southeast this week in an annual weather event that doesn't always reach the American continent. The dust clouds form as a result of an atmospheric phenomenon known as the Saharan Air Layer.