A local state of emergency was issued for the city of Tobruk, Libya, after a dust storm turned skies a bright red.

The northwest of Australia is one of only a few places in the world that experience tropical cyclones in the desert.

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Thick, toxic smoke and black acid rain have covered Iran’s capital, Tehran, this week, after missiles damaged oil depots and refineries. Researchers warn that the pollution probably contains chemicals ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday warned that strikes on Iranian oil depots causing “black rain” could lead to respiratory problems as toxic pollutants disperse through the air. “Black ...

The phenomenon known as blood rain is impacting parts of Southern Europe this week as Saharan dust from Africa moves across the region. The rare weather event began on Saturday moving dust northward ...

The skies in northern Iran were dark with smoke on 8 March as the US and Israeli bombing campaign against the country continued, and black rain even fell on the capital Tehran. The catastrophic scenes ...

Like much of the world, Boston will see a blood moon eclipse to kick off the month of March on Tuesday morning. The total lunar eclipse, often called a “blood moon” for its dark red or orange color as ...

A hard rain is going to fall. Dust plumes, whipped up by winds over the Sahara Desert, are moving over western Europe. This annual phenomenon—known in Spanish as “La Calima,” which literally ...