{"id":8044,"date":"2020-06-23T09:07:19","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T13:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/?p=8044"},"modified":"2020-06-23T09:23:22","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T13:23:22","slug":"8044-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/8044-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dust Haze Phenomenon affecting St. Lucia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Director of the Saint Lucia Met Services Mr Andre Joyeaux has described the dust haze phenomenon being experienced on islands as an annual occurrence, which may manifest with varying intensity.<\/p>\n<p>According to Accuweather.com the condition may be attributed to an abnormally large dust cloud originating from the Sahara Desert in Africa some 5,000-miles across the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/8044-2\/0620_dust_062220\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8048\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8048 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/0620_dust_062220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/0620_dust_062220.jpg 900w, https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/0620_dust_062220-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/0620_dust_062220-768x335.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/0620_dust_062220-690x302.jpg 690w, https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/0620_dust_062220-100x44.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Met Service Director commented on the weather systems which may contribute to the \u00a0condition.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"qtmplayer-playlist-large\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"qtmplayer-playlist\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"qtmplayer-trackitem qtmplayer-track-inpage\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Haze-Phenomenon-affecting-St.-Lucia-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"cover\">\t\t<span \t\t\tdata-qtmplayer-cover=\"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Haze-Phenomenon-affecting-St.-Lucia-690x690.jpeg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-qtmplayer-file=\"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Andre-Joyeux-Clip-1.mp3\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-qtmplayer-title=\"Dust Haze Phenomenon affecting St. Lucia\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-qtmplayer-artist=\"Radio Caribbean International\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-qtmplayer-link=\"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/8044-2\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-qtmplayer-icon=\"file_download\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-qtmplayer-type=\"track\"\n\t\t\t class=\"qtmplayer-play qtmplayer-link-sec qtmplayer-play-btn\"><i class='material-icons' aria-label=\"Play\">play_arrow<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"qtmplayer-tit\">Dust Haze Phenomenon affecting St. Lucia<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"qtmplayer-art\">Radio Caribbean International<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\n<p>Commenting on the impact of o the ongoing phenomenon, Mr Joyeux noted that \u00a0while downpour can assist in clearing dust clouds, the formation of rain clouds may be impacted by the ongoing haze.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"qtmplayer-playlist-large\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"qtmplayer-playlist\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"qtmplayer-trackitem qtmplayer-track-inpage\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Haze-Phenomenon-affecting-St.-Lucia-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"cover\">\t\t<span \t\t\tdata-qtmplayer-cover=\"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Haze-Phenomenon-affecting-St.-Lucia-690x690.jpeg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-qtmplayer-file=\"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Andre-Joyeux-Clip-2.mp3\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-qtmplayer-title=\"Dust Haze Phenomenon affecting St. Lucia\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-qtmplayer-artist=\"Radio Caribbean International\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-qtmplayer-link=\"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/8044-2\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-qtmplayer-icon=\"file_download\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-qtmplayer-type=\"track\"\n\t\t\t class=\"qtmplayer-play qtmplayer-link-sec qtmplayer-play-btn\"><i class='material-icons' aria-label=\"Play\">play_arrow<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"qtmplayer-tit\">Dust Haze Phenomenon affecting St. Lucia<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"qtmplayer-art\">Radio Caribbean International<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\n<p>While the 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