Madagascar’s famine has been exacerbated by events of this type known as tiomena, which gain their characteristic red tint from iron-rich laterite. Outbreaks of meningococcal meningitis in its namesake “belt” correlate with increased instances of these events during the Harmattan. The Bodélé Depression of Lake Chad feeds many of these events whose simoom variety can overwhelm the sweating response causing sudden (*) heatstroke. Thunderstorms may accompany instances of these events known as haboobs. They’re not floods, but these events form the majority of loess deposits. Pneumonia and silicosis may result from excessive exposure to these events that, in Africa, provide enriching nutrients to the Amazon Basin. For 10 points, the Sahara is plagued by what events characterized by loose particles of earth blown by strong winds? ■END■
ANSWER: sandstorms [or dust storms; accept SDS; accept simooms or simoon until read; accept haboob; accept answers indicating clouds of dust or sand or dirt or silt or clay or soil blown by strong winds; prompt on storms or wind by asking “what is the storm/wind carrying?”]
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