Active people, those with allergies, and those with heart or respiratory conditions, should limit their time outdoors while a huge Saharan dust cloud passes over Montserrat.
That’s according to Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services which issued an ‘air quality alert warning’ due to the unhealthy levels of dust on 23, 24 and 25 April.
It advised people to keep their windows and doors closed as much as possible and wear a face mask, rated to filter out PM 2.5, when going outside.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explains on its website that Saharan dust comes from the Sahara Desert in Northern Africa.
Thunderstorms and cyclones can produce high-speed winds that lift the dust and transport it thousands of miles through the air, it says.
The dust can then travel around the globe to parts of Europe, South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and the United States.
