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April showers bring cross-country dust instead of flowers to New England via 'dirty rain'

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Light rain that fell across New England recently brought dirt from across the country.

Dust got picked up in New Mexico two days before on Thursday by same storm system.

Strong wind brought dust to an altitude of around 10,000 feet ( 3,000 meters ) before it hit Maine , New Hampshire and Massachusetts .

Parts of Wisconsin , Michigan and the northern Great Lakes region also reported "dirty rain".

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