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Mystery solved as 'crazy gross rain' dirties cars across hundreds of miles

Residents from the Midwest to the Ohio Valley found their cars covered in a grimy film after rain showers on Saturday morning. Reports included areas from St. Louis to Charleston, West Virginia.
A massive dust storm in Texas and Eastern New Mexico created thick clouds of dust that traveled hundreds of miles away.
Meteorologists from the National Weather Service tracked the dust leading to muddy rain in several states, including Missouri and Illinois.
Multiple reports indicated that many people thought their cars were covered in pollen, but it was actually dust from the storms.

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Rappahannock News

Desert dust from southwest brings brown rain to Rappahannock

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KMIZ

Dirty rain leaves Mid-Missouri with dust covered cars

If you have not washed your car and had it parked outdoors last week, you might notice a splotchy dust film along the winds of your car. This was caused by a phenomenon often called "dirty rain". Dirty rain is exactly what it sounds like. Rain is sometimes referred to as a filter for the air. It can take pollutants, dust, or other small micro-particles and pull them out of the atmosphere as they collect into rain drops. It is not uncommon to see…

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

This unusual weather anomaly left cars around Pittsburgh covered in dirt after last week's snowfall

The Pittsburgh area is in for a warm, sunny week, after an unusual meteorological phenomenon brought snow — and dust — to the region over the...

4 days ago·Pittsburgh, United States

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The US Sun

Drivers worry as 'dirty rain' sees cars covered in dust but experts reveal truth

DRIVERS have been woken up to dirty vehicles after a rainstorm covered them in dust. As millions are worried about their cars, experts uncover how drivers have landed in this mysterious situation. Facebook/tonya.lawsonposadnyVirginia drivers found dust on their vehicles after a jet stream carried it over from storms in Texas and New Mexico[/caption] X/@JoeyT_151These dust deposits can be rinsed off with water[/caption] At first, many Virginia dr…

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New York Post

Mystery solved as ‘crazy gross rain’ dirties cars across miles in the Midwest

Thursday's dust storm hundreds of miles away left residents from the Midwest into the Ohio Valley's cars covered in a grimy film.

5 days ago·New York, United States

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WTXF

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Mystery solved as 'crazy gross rain' dirties cars across hundreds of miles

Reports of vehicles mysteriously coated in dirt ranged from St. Louis and Missouri, through Illinois and even as far away as Charleston, West Virginia.

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