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  2. Haboob - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of local winds - Wikipedia

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    Haboob, a sandstorm's fast moving wind which causes cold temperature over the area from where it passes. It mainly passes through Sudan. It mainly passes through Sudan. Harmattan , a dry wind that blows from the northeast, bringing dust from the Sahara south toward the Gulf of Guinea.

  4. What is a haboob and how do they form? - AOL

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    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 ...

  5. Dust storm - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Rare dust storm sweeps through Wash. state - AOL

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    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 ...

  7. Some Texans are outraged over the use of an Arabic ... - AOL

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    “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 ...

  8. Sandstorm (1982 film) - Wikipedia

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    Sandstorm (French: Vent de sable, Arabic: رياح رملية, translit. Rih al-raml) is a 1982 Algerian drama film directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina . It was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival . [ 1 ]

  9. Storm Chaser Speeds Away as Giant Haboob Approaches in ... - AOL

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    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 ...