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Sahara dust turning skies orange over Europe could be heading for UK next

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The skies in parts of Spain, Germany and Switzerland have turned orange after dust from the Sahara was carried away by Storm Celia.

Brits have been warned the dust could arrive in the UK next. The orange glow was first spotted in southern areas of Spain on Monday (March 14), with Madrid and Murcia among the places lit up. Read more: UK's Covid travel rules to be scrapped this week - including passenger locator forms Spanish officials issued extremely poor air quality ratings for Madrid and a large swathe of the country.

The air change has also affected the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands. Spain’s national air quality index qualified the capital and large parts of the south-east coast as “extremely unfavourable” – its worst rating.

Spain’s weather service described the dust storm from the Sahara as “extraordinary and very intense”, while adding that it was unclear if it was the worst episode of its kind on record.

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