Romania Hit by Intense Saharan Dust Wave

Romania Hit by Intense Saharan Dust Wave

​A new wave of dust of Saharan origin has reached Romania this morning, covering the cars with a reddish layer. On Wednesday afternoon, the air mass loaded with Saharan dust particles will move to the northeast and away from the country,” said the National Meteorology Administration (ANM).

“Between April 23, 9 a.m. and April 24, 1 p.m., air circulation, predominantly south-westerly, will favor the advance from the north of Africa of an air mass loaded with dust particles of Saharan origin, towards the south-east of Europe. This air mass will be over Romania on Tuesday (April 23) and in the first part of Wednesday (April 24), and dust deposits can be observed in the areas and intervals in which it will rain. On Wednesday afternoon, the air mass laden with Saharan dust particles will move northeast and away from the country,” ANM added.

The wave of Saharan dust affected Greece and a yellow-orange haze reached several regions, including Athens. In Greece it is the worst such episode in the last six years, but the country was also affected by such waves in March and at the end of April.
“It is one of the worst episodes of dust and sand concentrations in the Sahara since March 21-22, 2018, when clouds covered especially the island of Crete,” said Kostas Lagouvardos, director of meteorological research at the Athens Observatory.
Greece had already been hit by a wave of Saharan dust in late March and early April. Also then, a similar phenomenon was recorded in areas of Switzerland and the south of France.

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