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Residents throughout the smog hot spots of East Anglia and Norfolk woke up on Wednesday morning to find their cars splattered in sand thanks to the Saharan dust cloud that is sweeping across the UK.
Atmospheric conditions had improved by the afternoon but even in the largely flat expanse of the east Cambridgeshire countryside it was obvious how badly the distant desert's storms have affected the area, with both counties hitting the maximum “very high” [10] on the Met Office air pollution index.
From a distance, the prominent spires of Ely Cathedral remained shrouded in smog as you drove into the historic city. Typical of the stoicism on display everywhere, Mick and Martha Stevenson emerged from the 12th century Gothic monastery determined not to let it ruin their day.
“We saw all the warnings on the news this morning but it hasn’t affected us,” said Margaret. “Mick’s been promising to take me here for years so we were not going to be stopped from coming on a day trip from south Lincolnshire. There’s not a lot you can do about Saharan dust is there?”
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...aharan-dust-cloud-settles-on-ely-9233714.html
Atmospheric conditions had improved by the afternoon but even in the largely flat expanse of the east Cambridgeshire countryside it was obvious how badly the distant desert's storms have affected the area, with both counties hitting the maximum “very high” [10] on the Met Office air pollution index.
From a distance, the prominent spires of Ely Cathedral remained shrouded in smog as you drove into the historic city. Typical of the stoicism on display everywhere, Mick and Martha Stevenson emerged from the 12th century Gothic monastery determined not to let it ruin their day.
“We saw all the warnings on the news this morning but it hasn’t affected us,” said Margaret. “Mick’s been promising to take me here for years so we were not going to be stopped from coming on a day trip from south Lincolnshire. There’s not a lot you can do about Saharan dust is there?”
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...aharan-dust-cloud-settles-on-ely-9233714.html