The Post and Courier (Charleston, South Carolina), with support from the Pulitzer Center, has released an investigation into the significance of the Sahara Desert on hurricanes on the East Coast. Reporter Tony Bartelme and Photojournalist Andrew Whitaker traveled to Senegal to report on the story.
“Hurricanes have shaped and defined Charleston’s history for centuries, sometimes you have to go far to tell a local story, and in this case, we had to go to West Africa,” Bartelme says. “This project is different from many others, in part, because we highlighted the work of West African scientists, the people who breathe the dust they study.”
