August 18, 2018
Smoke from California wildfires will blow to UK because of tropical storm
By Tom Herbert
18 August 2018
(Metro) – A storm is set to batter Britain with wind and rain, bringing with it smoke from the wildfires in California.
Forecasters say a tropical storm is moving eastwards across the Atlantic Ocean and will hit the UK and Ireland today.
And smoke from the deadly wildfires in North America has been detected in satellite imagery, the Met Office said. […]
Forecaster Emma Smith told Metro.co.uk: “Smoke particles have come across from the Atlantic from the fires that have been visible in satellite imagery.” [more]
Smoke from California wildfires will blow to UK because of tropical storm