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Photographer captures amazing pictures of pollen cloud engulfing city

A mixture of grass and tree pollen has caused misery for hay fever sufferers across much of the south-eastern United States.

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A photographer has captured striking images of a cloud of pollen engulfing a city in the United States.

High levels of pollen have been recorded across the south-eastern United States but a particularly thick blanket was caught on camera in Durham, North Carolina, by Jeremy Gilchrist.

Pollen blankets Durham, North Carolina
High pollen counts have been recorded across the south-eastern United States (Jeremy Gilchrist)

He told CNN he had slightly altered the contrast of the images but they were otherwise untouched.

Pollen is washed away by storms in North Carolina
Storms washed away some of the pollen later on Monday (Jeremy Gilchrist)

Dr Heather Gutekunst, from Allergy Partners of Raleigh, said that, while it looked dramatic, the visible pollen was probably not what was causing the most difficulty.

“The smaller pollen that’s invisible to the naked eye tends to be more of a trigger for the immune response than the larger pollen that we can see.”

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