Saharan dust storm covers Spain, reaches France and Portugal
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A flock of birds fly through a cloud of dust in front of the hidden Mont Blanc Massif as seen from Verbier, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. A huge dust storm swirling over Europe from the Sahara desert made it hard to breathe in large parts of Spain for a second straight day on Wednesday and gave cleaning crews extra work as far away as Paris, London and Belgrade to remove the film of dirt falling on cars and buildings.Europeans woke up to eerie skies, from the grimy gray in Madrid to orange-hues in the Swiss Alps, caused by the tiny particles that had traveled thousands of kilometers across the Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/Melody Sky)People play basketball in a basketball court covered with dust as storm Celia blew sand from the Sahara desert at the the Cerro del Tio Pio park in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. A huge dust storm swirling over Europe from the Sahara desert has made it hard to breathe in large parts of Spain for a second straight day. The dust was also flung into neighboring France and Portugal on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)A man looks out the skyline of Madrid as storm Celia blew sand from the Sahara desert at the the Cerro del Tio Pio park in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. A huge dust storm swirling over Europe from the Sahara desert has made it hard to breathe in large parts of Spain for a second straight day. The dust was also flung into neighboring France and Portugal on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)The skyline of Madrid is pictured as storm Celia blew sand from the Sahara desert at the the Cerro del Tio Pio park in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. A huge dust storm swirling over Europe from the Sahara desert has made it hard to breathe in large parts of Spain for a second straight day. The dust was also flung into neighboring France and Portugal on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)Dust from the Sahara desert can be seen above Le Catogne mountain as seen from Verbier, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. A huge dust storm swirling over Europe from the Sahara desert made it hard to breathe in large parts of Spain for a second straight day on Wednesday and gave cleaning crews extra work as far away as Paris, London and Belgrade to remove the film of dirt falling on cars and buildings.Europeans woke up to eerie skies, from the grimy gray in Madrid to orange-hues in the Swiss Alps, caused by the tiny particles that had traveled thousands of kilometers across the Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/Melody Sky)
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A flock of birds fly through a cloud of dust in front of the hidden Mont Blanc Massif as seen from Verbier, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. A huge dust storm swirling over Europe from the Sahara desert made it hard to breathe in large parts of Spain for a second straight day on Wednesday and gave cleaning crews extra work as far away as Paris, London and Belgrade to remove the film of dirt falling on cars and buildings.Europeans woke up to eerie skies, from the grimy gray in Madrid to orange-hues in the Swiss Alps, caused by the tiny particles that had traveled thousands of kilometers across the Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/Melody Sky)
