The sky over central London turned orange after Hurricane Ophelia carried dust from the Sahara desert across the British Isles Peter Macdiarmid/London News PicturesStorm Ophelia brought warm winds from southern Europe yesterday to break the record for the hottest October 16 as it steeped swathes of the country in an eerie orange and yellow glow. A driver and a passenger were killed by falling trees in Ireland as 110mph winds lashed the country. A third person was killed in a chainsaw accident. Dust from the Sahara, with debris from wildfires in Portugal and Spain, partially blocked out the sun for hours. The dust causes the shorter wavelength blue light to…

Source: The Times October 16, 2017 23:06 UTC