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A massive haboob dwarfed a mountain range in Arizona on Sunday, July 13, amid severe thunderstorm warnings and strong winds.
A haboob is an extreme type of dust storm that persists for multiple hours. It’s essentially a wall of dust and debris that can grow up to 5,000 feet tall as it’s blown forward by strong winds.
Haboob is an Arabic word for a violent dust or sandstorm. They form when cold downdrafts from thunderstorms slam into the hot desert floor, spreading out in all directions.
What ’s the biggest haboob in Arizona history? The largest haboob in recent memory hit the Valley on July 5, 2011 . The cloud of dust climbed a mile into the air and stretched for 100 miles ...
A massive dust storm buried parts of New Mexico and Texas in airborne smut Monday morning, shutting down highways and leaving nearly 900,000 residents trapped in a potentially deadly cloud.
Many were stoked to see a haboob in real life, taking to social media to share reactions and images of the dust storm from their POV. "Largest haboob I've observed in 20 years or perhaps longer in ...
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 ...
Wild video captured a massive dust storm known as a "haboob" that caused car crashes, shut down major highways and left the entire Dallas metro area trapped in an apocalyptic red fog this week.
A haboob, a dust storm carried by the wind of a weather front that typically occurs in flat areas, swept across a California highway near Chowchilla Monday afternoon.
A haboob is an extreme type of dust storm that persists for multiple hours. It’s essentially a wall of dust and debris that can grow up to 5,000 feet tall as it’s blown forward by strong winds.