Unhealthy Saharan Dust Blankets the Caribbean

 In addition to heat, the orientation of Atlantic High is causing winds to transport dry, dusty and unhealthy air from the Sahara Desert, in Africa, to the Caribbean.

The dust streams across the Caribbean all year round, via the generally easterly wind flow between Africa and the our region. The flow of dust peaks in June and decline to a minimum in December. It is most abundant over the period May to September, when it is often times transported by tropical waves, which originate over Africa.

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3 Comments

  1. flapy bird
    October 20, 2017

    nu pa las fini por bat ?

  2. Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
    October 20, 2017

    That’s not  anything strange or new!

    It is a natural phenomena, dating back to thousands of years. There are times the dust becomes as thick as clouds, and can be visible seen with the natural eyes!

    I saw the the dust  blanketed the Village of Wesley in which I lived when I was a little bigger than a toddler!

  3. October 20, 2017

    Just like all major religious deities originated out of Africa, so to are the hurricanes and the Sahara desert dust, the messages being relayed, is quite clear, are we conscious? stop building lives, homes, on sand and river banks.

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