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Explain the features of the Sirocco Winds.

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The following features and effects of the Sirocco Winds are visible: 

1. It is hot, dry and sand-filled air which blows towards the Mediterranean Sea in the north from the Sahara Desert. 

2. This wind is responsible for blood rain. 

3. When its descends along the northern slope of Atlas Mountains, its aridity and temperature increases. 

4. These winds are known by different names at different places. 

5. These winds have disastrous effects on vegetation, agriculture and fruit plantations.

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