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Dirt and dust originating 2,000 miles away in the desert Southwest, is seen on the windshield of a car in Portland, Maine, after being carried by wind and mixing with rain Saturday, April 19, 2025. (Mike Hartford/WGME-TV via AP)

April showers bring ‘dirty rain’ to New England after storm absorbs desert dust 2,000 miles away

April showers are supposed to bring May flowers, but the light rain that fell across New England recently brought dirt from across the country instead.

Workers prepare the venue ahead of the NFL football draft Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

No snow in Green Bay but thunderstorms delayed NFL draft activities

Solar panels operate at Fox Run Vineyards and Seneca Lake, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Penn Yan, N.Y. (Natasha Kaiser via AP)

Vineyards in NY wine country push sustainability as they adapt to climate change

Debris covers the ground after severe storms passed the area in Ada, Okla., on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Richard R. Barron/The ADA News via AP)

Tornado-producing storm deals deadly weather to Oklahoma and Texas

A motorist negotiates a wet roadway on South Colorado Boulevard as a pair of storms packing high winds, freezing temperatures and snow sweep over the intermountain West Friday, April 18, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Snow forces Rockies to postpone Friday’s game vs. Nationals, move it to Sunday

April showers bring cross-country dust instead of flowers to New England via ‘dirty rain’

Dust carried across the country in a phenomenon known as “dirty rain” covered vehicles in Portland, Maine on Saturday, April 19, 2025.

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Wildfire sends billowing smoke over New Jersey’s Pine Barrens

New Zealand’s North Island battered by high winds and heavy rain

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Community members steer a boat past flooded vehicles, Monday, April 7, 2025, in Frankfort, Ky. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry)

National Weather Service no longer translating products for non-English speakers

Patrons along the eighth fairway during a practice round at the Masters golf tournament, Monday, April 7, 2025, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Practice is suspended at the Masters because of rain and a threat of severe storms

Buildings in a flooded downtown area are seen on Monday, April 7, 2025, in Frankfort, Ky. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry)

Swollen rivers are flooding towns in the US South after a prolonged deluge of rain

Scottie Scheffler speaks after winning the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Sunday, April 14, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

Scottie Scheffler enjoys practice round with his mom ahead of bad weather at the Masters

Visitors walk near entrance of Maha Aungmye Bonzan Monastery, commonly known as the Me Nu Brick Monastery, in the aftermath of Friday's earthquake in Innwa, Tada-U township, Mandalay, Myanmar, Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo)

Forecast of a week of rain adds to woes faced by victims of Myanmar quake, as death toll tops 3,500

A home is in ruins after severe weather passed through Lake City, Ark., on Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

What to know about the severe storms and flash flooding hitting parts of the US

In an aerial view, a flooded neighborhood is seen on Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Frankfort, Ky. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry)

Rising rivers threaten US South and Midwest after dayslong torrent of rain

Floodwaters inundate homes and vehicles in Shannon Hills, Ark., Saturday, April 5, 2025, as a second day of storms brought widespread flooding to the region. (Colin Murphey/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)

At least 16 dead in flooding and tornadoes as storms slash from Texas to Ohio

Damaged equipment sits on a farm struck by Wednesday night's tornado on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Lake City, Ark. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

Nearly half of National Weather Service offices have 20% vacancy rates, and experts say it’s a risk

Floodwaters cover the entryway to the Weather Stone subdivision off Russellville Road in Bowling Green, Ky., on Friday, April 4, 2025. (Grace McDowell/Daily News via AP)

South and Midwest pounded by rains and floods while still reeling from tornadoes

A home is in ruins after severe weather passed through Lake City, Ark., on Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

What to know about the severe storms and flash flooding hitting parts of the US

William Fraser takes photographs inside the warehouse of a damaged building of Specialty Distributors after severe weather passed through an industrial industrial park on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Jeffersontown, Ky. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry)

What you do before and during a tornado could mean the difference between life and death

A car drives through a flooded section of road near Lions Park Beach Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in St. Joseph, Mich., after heavy storms moved through Southwest Michigan. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP)

When heavy rainfall threatens flooding, you can protect yourself. Here’s how

Storm damaged homes are seen Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Selmer, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Storms kill 7 in the South and Midwest as forecasters warn of catastrophic rains, floods this week

Cars are submerged on a freeway flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey near downtown Houston, Texas, on Aug. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

This is what forecasters mean when they talk about a 100-year flood

FILE- In this May 22, 2011 file photo, emergency personnel walk through a severely damaged neighborhood after a tornado hit Joplin, Mo. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Wild weather expected Wednesday gets a rare ‘high-risk’ designation — the most severe category

Severe storm damage is shown off 96th Street North between Garnett Road and Mingo Road Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Owasso, Okla. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP)

1 person dead as violent storms, including tornadoes, wallop Midwest and South

Wilkinson Road is blocked by downed power lines on Monday, March 31, 2025. (John L. Russell /Detroit News via AP)

Northern Michigan — no stranger to wild weather — tries to cope with days of no power

A barn that collapsed from Sunday's severe storm along 92nd Street SE in Gaines Twp., Mich., on Monday, March 31, 2025. (Joel Bissell/MLive.com/Kalamazoo Gazette via AP)

Storms could unleash deadly floods, strong tornadoes in large part of US in coming days

An aerial photograph taken by a drone shows the port of Naousa, after a powerful storm which has triggered widespread flooding on the Aegean Sea island of Paros, Greece, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Stathis Roussos)

Severe storms batter Greek islands for a second day, with Crete hardest hit

Weekend storms that toppled the steeple at Grace Baptist Church in Franklin, Ohio, is seen Monday, March 31, 2025. (Nick Graham/Dayton Daily News via AP)

Wild weather blamed for deaths of 3 kids in Michigan and a man in an Amish buggy in Indiana

The grounds crew works on the field during a rain delay in the seventh inning of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Fast-moving storm causes headache for White Sox grounds crew

A tree lies fallen atop the rear section of a car near the intersection of Beech Street and Division Street on Sunday, March 30, 2025, after severe thunderstorms and high winds in East Lansing, Mich. (Arthur H. Trickett-Wile/MLive.com/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)

Rain turns to ice, cuts power in Great Lakes region while Tennessee braces for wild weather

Firefighter John Ward works to control the Black Cove Fire, March 26, 2025, in Saluda, N.C. (AP Photo/Allison Joyce, File)

Drought, wind, and debris from recent hurricanes are stoking fires across the US

South Carolina Army National Guard helicopters conduct aerial, water-bucket operations on the Table Rock and Persimmon Ridge wildfires, in Pickens County, S.C. on Sunday March 23, 2025. (Sgt. 1st Class Roberto Di Giovine/U.S. Army National Guard via AP )

South Carolina wildfire keeps growing as firefighters protect homes

In this photo provided by the California Department of Water Resources, engineer Anthony Burdock, left, and forecasting chief Sean de Guzman work the measurement phase of the first media snow survey of the season at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. (Kenneth James/California Department of Water Resources via AP, file)

California’s snowpack ‘pretty good,’ official says, as more storms on the way

A resident passes by burnt-out houses at a damaged village due to wildfires in Andog, South Korea, Friday, March 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea’s worst wildfires are now almost contained following rain and cooler weather

Firefighter John Ward lights a backburn to control the Black Cove Fire Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Saluda, N.C.. (AP Photo/Allison Joyce)

First rain and then fire chase people from their homes in North and South Carolina

A boat travels though a frozen sea inlet outside in Nuuk, Greenland, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Arctic sea ice hits record low for its usual peak growth period

View of the Sau reservoir, about 100 km (62 miles) north of Barcelona, in Vilanova de Sau, Spain, on Monday, March 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

These before and after photos shows the impact of extreme weather on a medieval church in Spain