Last weekend's wind storms that hit the Wasatch Front brought dust from the West Desert and Great Salt Lake into neighborhoods, which is bad for your health.
Time-lapse videos from FOX 13 News cameras at the Natural History Museum of Utah and on top of the Oquirrh mountains show strong winds moving in on Sunday, bringing with it a wall of dust.
"Having such a large source of dust so close to the urban areas will bring those impacts close to home and impact more people," Bird said. The Utah Department of Natural Resources told FOX 13 News the Great Salt Lake may be weeks away from dropping to a new historic low, declining as much as two more feet. It has been shrinking as a result of the mega-drought, climate change and water diversion.
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