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Strong winds in central California kicked up a dust storm on Monday that hindered visibility and sparked a pileup involving 20 cars. The National Weather Service office in Hanford issued a dust ...
Startling images show the dust storm that passed from Madera through Fresno to Bakersfield and caused a highway pileup on Monday. Rare 'haboob' dust storm brings Central Valley to a halt Skip to ...
The San Joaquin Valley, in which Coalinga is located, is a major agricultural region of California.The region had historically suffered from dust storms; the Great Bakersfield Dust Storm of 1977 occurred in a different part of the valley, and a series of smaller dust storms killed seven people in crashes on the same section of Interstate 5 in 1978. [1]
The Great Bakersfield Dust Storm of 1977 (also known as the Southern San Joaquin Valley Dust Storm) was a severe dust storm in the Southern San Joaquin Valley, California. It started in the late evening on December 19, 1977 and ended in the afternoon of December 21.
The Santa Anas are katabatic winds (Greek for "flowing downhill") arising in higher altitudes and blowing down towards sea level. [7] The National Weather Service defines Santa Ana winds as "a weather condition [in southern California] in which strong, hot, dust-bearing winds descend to the Pacific Coast around Los Angeles from inland desert regions".
A large dust storm moved over El Centro, California, on Thursday, October 6, as the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a warning for blowing dust and low visibility in the area.Video recorded ...
The storms caused record-breaking rainfall totals to be observed in multiple areas, as well as the declaration of states of emergency in multiple counties in Southern California. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Wind gusts of hurricane force were observed in San Francisco , along with wind gusts reaching over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) in the Sierra Nevada .
A California motorist was caught in a dust storm in Imperial County on October 6, as the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a blowing dust advisory for the area.This footage shows stationary ...