windblown

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Along the dry shorelines, windblown dust contributes to harmful air pollution in low-income, predominantly Latino communities, where people suffer from asthma and other respiratory illnesses at high rates.

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Army Corps of Engineers, which is overseeing the debris removal and disposal, says its contractors are using water to prevent any windblown dust as they remove and haul wreckage from burned-down properties.

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Structures, rather than vegetation, served as the primary fuel for spreading fires that were ignited by windblown embers.

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And while sometimes it’s easy to see a pile of toxic ash on your window, often windblown ash particles are too small to see with the naked eye.

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On Tuesday, the county Department of Public Health issued a windblown dust and ash advisory until 7 p.m.

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