A cold front sweeping northern Africa will raise large amounts of dust in the days ahead.
Airborne dust will reach central and eastern Mediterranean as well as southern Europe, including Malta, Italy, Greece, Turkey...
It's going to get significantly colder across Europe and northern Africa in the days ahead too, so get ready.
Featured image credit: Barcelona Dust
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