The UK has been hit with relentless rain in recent weeks, but the arrival of a Saharan dust cloud in Europe could now result in showers of “blood rain” as soon as Tuesday.
Experts at Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) are monitoring a large plume of red dust and some smoke from Equatorial Africa moving across the North Atlantic. The latest forecast shows it is predicted to reach Europe imminently, with another branch heading towards South America.