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Caribbean getting smothered by colossal cloud of Sahara dust

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A massive cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert blanketed most of the Caribbean on Monday .

The hazy skies unleashed sneezes, coughs and watery eyes across the Caribbean .

The cloud extended some 2,000 miles ( 3,200 kilometres ) from Jamaica to well past Barbados .

The dust concentration was high, at55 aerosol optical depth, the highest amount so far this year .

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