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A haboob [1] (Arabic: هَبوب, romanized: habūb, lit. 'blasting/drifting') is a type of intense dust storm carried by the wind of a weather front . Haboobs occur regularly in dry land area regions throughout the world.
A large dust storm, or haboob, sweeps across downtown Phoenix Saturday afternoon, July 21, 2012. Dust storms are common across Arizona during the summer, and walls of dust more than a mile high ...
Etesian (Greek name) or Meltem (Turkish name) (northerly across Greece and Turkey) Euro (a warm and usually moderate wind from Africa that reaches the Ionian coast of Italy) Euroclydon (a cyclonic tempestuous northeast wind in the Mediterranean) Föhn or foehn (a warm, dry, southerly wind off the northern side of the Alps and North Italy.
A dust storm, also called a sandstorm, is a meteorological phenomenon common in arid and semi-arid regions. [1] Dust storms arise when a gust front or other strong wind blows loose sand and dirt from a dry surface. Fine particles are transported by saltation and suspension, a process that moves soil from one place and deposits it in another.
“A haboob is rapidly approaching the Lubbock airport and may affect the city as well,” the meteorologists wrote before the outrage ensued. Some Texans are outraged over the use of an Arabic ...
A combination of weather conditions had parts of the Evergreen State looking more like the Sahara on Tuesday. This massive dust storm -- also known as a haboob, as many outlets eagerly pointed out ...
A storm chaser filmed the moment he sped away from an approaching dust storm in Tahoka, Texas, on Monday, August 29.Marcus Diaz filmed the monstrous haboob sweeping over farmland in Tahoka, as a ...
Removed claim that southwestern US haboobs are incorrectly classified as such. Please see the American Meterological Society's glossary listing for "haboob" -- as you can see, there are no geographical constraints to the definition of the term; the term merely describes a type of weather phenomenon, i.e., a large dust or sandstorm produced by the outflow of an outflow-dominant thunderstorm.