Dust from the Sahara Desert is moving across the Atlantic Ocean and could make skies hazy over the southern United States in early June. COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Sahara Desert is the world's largest hot desert and third-largest desert overall behind Antarctica and the Arctic.

It seems a little weird to think about dust from Africa in the United States, but it is actually pretty common this time of year.

Multiple fires remain uncontained in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, provinces just north of Minnesota and North Dakota. Thousands have been ordered to evacuate, and wind is blowing the smoke south.