Skies over southern Greece turned an orange hue on Tuesday as dust clouds blown across the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa engulfed the Acropolis and other Athens landmarks. Strong southerly winds carried the dust from the Sahara Desert, giving the atmosphere of
For almost 70 years, scientists didn’t know what caused Cavum clouds, also known as ‘hole-punch clouds’ and ‘fallstreak holes’ but in 2010, weather experts finally solved the mystery. They discovered that these strange shapes are made when planes fly through ‘altocumulus clouds,’
Rare funnel clouds have been spotted after days of thunderstorms across the country. Also known as tuba, the cone-shaped formations form when a rotating column of wind draws in droplets from the base of storm clouds, according to the Met Office. It
Drivers faced hold-ups after a truck hauling one million bees was involved in a traffic accident on a major route in Florida. Clouds of insects swarmed US Highway 301 in Duval County after the truck was in a collision with a tractor-trailer