The sky on a beach on Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands is red from the worst sandstorm in 40 years, on 22 February 2020. Photo: Elvira Urquijo A. / EPA / Shutterstock

Sandstorm wreaks havoc in Canary Islands, worst such storm to hit the islands in 40 years – “I’m old enough to know all about the calima, but I don’t recall it that strong. Everything just turned red.”

By Raphael Minder 24 February 2020 MADRID – Winds from the Sahara continued to send streams of sand drifting over the Canary Islands on Monday, creating chaos as the swirling sands forced planes to be grounded, disrupted traffic and exacerbated wildfires. Ángel Víctor Torres, the regional president of the islands, a Spanish archipelago, told Spanish […]

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