Every year around this time, the Sahara Desert in Africa experiences peak emissions that sends dust particles across the Atlantic Ocean, causing air quality changes in East Texas. Here's what we know about this phenomenon and how it could effect East Texans.

A dust plume that has been traveling across the Atlantic may later spread as far as Texas and Georgia as a weather system breaks it apart.

Saharan dust is expected to bring high temperatures and worsened air quality to Austin starting Thursday. Track the cloud of dust as it reaches Texas.