Paraguay capital choked by colossal smog cloud from Argentina wildfires
by Laurence Blair in Asunción and Uki Goñi in Bueno from Environment | The Guardian on (#5WMP2)
Smoke blown from fires in drought-striken Argentina shrouds Asuncion and surrounding regions in dangerous haze
A massive, fast-moving cloud of ash hundreds of metres tall and several kilometres wide has swept over southern Paraguay, as storms blew debris from wildfires raging in neighbouring Argentina following two years of severe drought.
The colossal bank of smog enveloped Asuncion, Paraguay's capital, late on Monday, shrouding the city and its suburbs in a thick, grey haze with the aroma of burnt vegetation.
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