Arizona is no stranger to dust storms. Known as haboobs, they can be miles long and reach thousands of feet in height.

A massive dust storm forced the closure of a long stretch of U.S. Highway 2 across Montana on Thursday, after emergency officials warned that blowing dust had made travel dangerous. Montana Emergency ...

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Arizona State University researchers have created a first-of-its-kind Dust Storm Scale. It's something, they say, that can help people here in the valley better understand this weather phenomenon.

Dust storms have always swirled through parts of North America, but they are becoming more unexpected and destructive and landing in places unfamiliar with the danger, scientists warn. In May 2023, a ...