Dust and sand from storms in northern Africa carpet ski resorts in Russia and Romania

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Dust from a sandstorm in the Sahara desert is causing snow in eastern Europe to turn orange, transforming mountainous regions of Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria and Romania into Mars-like landscapes. The slopes that people can be seen skiing down are believed to be composed of sand, dust and pollen particles that were stirred up and swept across from northern Africa, in a phenomenon which meteorologists believe, happens every five years. pic.twitter.com/vTUuRPCeQY

Steven Keates, a weather forecaster at the UK’s Met Office, told the Independent:



“As the sand gets lifted to the upper levels of the atmosphere, it gets distributed elsewhere. RELATED: Nunes: We Found Links Between Clinton, the Democrat Party, and Russia

A 2007 orange snowstorm fell in Siberia, which locals complained the foul-smelling orange snow felt oily when touched.
An anomalous weather event caused due to dust from a sandstorm in the Sahara, leads to an orange snow blanketing several Eastern European countries, including Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania and Russia. This weather event happens roughly every five years; a similar event occurred in Siberia in 2007.