When the Plain Blows Away: Wind Erosion and Dust Storms on the Hungarian Great Plain
On the sandy, drying Hungarian Great Plain, strong winds lift the bare topsoil into dust storms that cut road visibility to almost nothing, as in the deadly 42-vehicle pile-up on the M1 motorway in 2023. The same wind erosion strips away fertile soil for good. The dramatic pile-ups are episodic, but the drying trend behind them is steady.