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Andalucia experienced mud rain in some areas last night. It’s caused by a mixture of rainfall and Saharan dust resulting in reddish muddy precipitation.  The sky was lit up by hundreds of lightning strikes in the last few hours of last night’s thunderstorms. Most of the mud rain was reported in western Andalucia. This includes areas in Cadiz and Huelva …

STORMS and rain hitting Spain’s Mediterranean coast will get an extra element this week in the form of ‘blood rain’- caused by Saharan dust. The phenomenon can occur at any time of the year. However, March is a prime target month. Proyecto Mastral in Torrevieja warns that this is not the time to do any cleaning. They suggest car owners, …

EPISODES of calima or the supposed ‘blood rainfall’ containing Saharan dirt that occurs over Spain have contaminated fragments according to French scientists. It is a heritage of the nuclear examinations accomplished in the Sahara throughout the 1960s. According to clinical study, the fragments consist of aspects such as cesium, beryllium and plutonium, which are transferred in the dirt after taking …