A meteorological alert was issued due to the Saharan dust that covered a large part of the country. The most affected areas are the west and south-west, where air quality could decrease due to dust particles.
The Saharan dust was brought over Romania by the warm winds from North Africa and will temporarily affect the air quality in the areas where the concentrations are higher, i.e. in the western and southwestern part of the territory.
Specialists claim that this wave of air is not toxic for the population, but it is necessary to take measures to limit the effects of climate change.
“The Mediterranean joins the geographical poles of the planet in terms of climate change. It is a basin very strongly affected by the heating of both water and air by a circular current that lifts Saharan dust up to Europe.
There are major changes, it’s not necessarily toxic, it’s discomfort, it’s a warning signal that we have to do something to limit the effects on the planet and climate change”, said Adrian Bîlbă, biologist.
In areas where the presence of Saharan dust is high, precipitation can acquire a reddish color. This phenomenon is also enhanced by wind intensifications.
A yellow wind code is also in effect until 8 p.m., meteorologists announce.
“We are under a yellow code of wind intensification in the SE and NW part of the territory, in certain areas it will be 55-60 km per hour, during the day and during the night”, said Alina Șerba, meteorologist, for Antena 3 CNN.
In the night from Thursday to Friday, the air mass loaded with dust particles will exceed the geographical area of Romania and will be found over the Black Sea and Ukraine.
