A sudden wall of dust swallowed part of I-10 in New Mexico, turning the highway into a dangerous blur of brown. In the chaos, ...

"The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a Dust Storm Warning for: South Central Pinal County in southeastern Arizona, Until 5:30 p.m. MST. At 4:31 p.m. MST, an area of blowing dust was ...

A haboob—an enormous, storm-born front of dust—was on its way. Matthew Cappucci, a meteorologist for The Washington Post, found himself face-to-face with the haboob.

When this happens in an arid or semiarid region, the wind can kick up dust, forming a haboob. Haboobs form very quickly. Within a matter of seconds, they can dramatically reduce visibility.

Moede said this haboob was notable in that it had the strength to reach both the western Coachella Valley and the San Diego desert. He said haboobs typically form in western Arizona, as this one ...

As NWS meteorologist Jody James previously told Lubbock’s KCBD-TV, there is a difference between a haboob and a run-of-the-mill dust storm. “The differentiation between a haboob and just those ...

This, I have come to learn, is also called a haboob, which is a term more often used in the Middle East. The whole haboob could have been a wild coincidence.

The article, An American Haboob, written by Sherwood Idso of Tempe, examined a July 16, 1971, Valley dust storm that had the same characteristics as the ones in the Sudan.

When this happens in an arid or semiarid region, the wind can kick up dust, forming a haboob. Haboobs form very quickly. Within a matter of seconds, they can dramatically reduce visibility.

When this happens in an arid or semiarid region, the wind can kick up dust, forming a haboob. Haboobs form very quickly. Within a matter of seconds, they can dramatically reduce visibility.