What can give you itchy eyes, replenish the rain forest and bring a hurricane to its knees? Dry and dusty African air.
The coffee-colored atmospheric swirl, captured by satellites last week, blew across the ocean all the way to Houston. Originating in the Sahara Desert, the air dominated weather across the Atlantic and beyond.
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