Egypt: Overlooked and Underestimated – Sand and Dust Storms Wreak Havoc Across Borders

There are three Great Pyramids at Giza in Egypt – but imagine if there were 307 of the mighty edifices. And then imagine that they had dissolved into over two billion tons of sand and dust particles.

That’s how much sand and dust enters the atmosphere on an annual basis according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)’s annual report on the storms which scatter such particles across borders worldwide.

The UN weather agency’s reports warns that while the amount of dust decreased marginally…