US Could be hit by Massive Saharan Dust Plume this week: What you need to know

A vast Saharan dust cloud, the largest of its kind this year, is sweeping across the Caribbean and moving toward the southeastern United States, according to CBS News. Stretching approximately 2,000 miles from Jamaica to beyond Barbados and 750 miles from the Turks and Caicos Islands to Trinidad and Tobago, the dust has significantly reduced visibility and degraded air quality across the region. Dust was covering Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and other parts of the region on Tuesday, according to CBS

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Miami's NEXT Weather radar. The plume was forecast to move northwest and reach Florida mid-week, then hit other states including Georgia, the Carolinas, Texas and Louisiana by Friday. A dust plume from Africa already made its way to Florida over the weekend, CBS Orlando affiliate WKMG reported. Radar showed dust lingering over the state on Monday. By mid week, a