A thick plume of sand and dust from the Sahara Desert is seen in these images blowing from the west coast of Africa across the Atlantic Ocean.

An enormous cloud of dust from the Sahara is floating westward over the Atlantic Ocean, heading straight for Florida. The ...

When Africa was carved up in the late 1800s Western Sahara came under Spanish colonial control and was known as Spanish Sahara. Later, France acquired a protectorate over most of the region.

The Saharan dust plume is about 2,000 miles wide from west to east and 750 miles long from north to south. Have you seen one before?

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A massive cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert blanketed most of the Caribbean on Monday in the ...

A plume of thick dust suspended in the atmosphere is moving westward across the Caribbean Sea and is expected to reach ...

The US military has just concluded a major training operation in the Sahel region south of the Sahara desert, which it describes as its biggest exercise in Africa since World War Two. Washington ...

The map labelled both Morocco and Western Sahara, sparking a backlash on Moroccan social media. Rabat has claimed sovereignty over the disputed territory since 1975.

Maps show exact date Sahara dust cloud size of the UK will blow over country As the Sahara dust moves northwards and approaches the UK, it will cause beautiful sunrises and sunsets, forecasters say.