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This is the breathtaking moment a huge orange dust cloud towered over mountains in Arizona on Sunday evening (August 16). The cloud emerged in the town of Gila Bend on the outskirts of Phoenix as ...
A new ominous video shows a large wall of orange and yellow dust looming over the small Arizona town of Dolan Springs on July 24. The stunning but chilling video, filmed by local resident Sandra ...
Image credits: Majoodeh #6 I Just Outran A Massive Dust Storm Over Phoenix In A Helicopter To Get This Photo. A massive dust storm (haboob) rolls across the Phoenix, Arizona area on 8/2/2018.
A dust devil seen in Amboseli National Park, Kenya in 1993. A dust devil (also known regionally as a dirt devil) is a strong, well-formed, and relatively short-lived whirlwind. Its size ranges from small (18 in/half a metre wide and a few yards/metres tall) to large (more than 30 ft/10 m wide and more than half a mile/1 km tall).
A dust storm, also called a sandstorm, ... University of Arizona Dust Model Page; Photos of a sandstorm in Riyadh in 2009 from the BBC Newsbeat website;
When this downdraft of cold air, or downburst, reaches the ground, it sweeps up dry, loose silt and clay (referred to collectively as dust) from the desert, forming a wall of airborne sediment that precedes the storm cloud. This dust wall can span up to 100 km (62 mi) in width and extend several kilometers in elevation.
Local news station ABC 30 reported the dust storm triggered a 20-car pile-up and minor injuries for some drivers. Officers told the station that all lanes on the westbound side of Highway 152 were ...
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