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Sahara plume colours the Alps ski resorts as sandstorm sweeps across the continent

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Don’t eat the ORANGE snow! Plume of Saharan sands turns the ski resorts of the Alps ski resorts deep apricot after being blown thousands of miles from Africa Cross-country ski track in Val Ferret, Switzerland, was scattered with the sand A skier in the Pyrenees also captured the blanket of sand covering the snow  The … Read more

Our sandstorm hell: Passengers in Gran Canaria tweet plea to be flown back to the UK by Tui

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Our sandstorm hell: Passengers in Gran Canaria tweet plea to be flown back to the UK by Tui after being ‘abandoned’ for four days following Saharan storm flight cancellations Greg Horsman had been due to fly back to Manchester on Saturday evening  But his flight from Gran Canaria was cancelled due to the Saharan sandstorm  … Read more