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Sonia Munde, head of the helpline at Asthma UK, said: "We are deeply concerned about the toxic air from Saharan dust that Hurricane Ophelia has churned up, as this could pose a severe risk for the 5.4 million people in the UK who have asthma."Winds picking up dust and particles in the air could trigger potentially fatal asthma attacks." Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly.A study of roads and tracks in Ayrshire from prehistoric times up to the present.
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The phenomemon was seen in Dumfries and Galloway with Sharon Derrick shared a video of the sun over Bristol and said: “Bristol looks like the film The Red Planet…
the weather is bizarre.” On Twitter, Professor Brian Cox explained it as “dust in the atmosphere” as his followers quizzed him about the strange sight.
Met Office forecaster Grahame Madge said: “It’s all connected with Ophelia, on the eastern side of the low pressure system air is coming up in the southern direction.
“Air is being pulled from southern Europe and Africa and that air contains a lot of dust.