High Plains residents are used to wind and dust, but an ongoing drought and recent tropical-storm-level winds have brought some epic dust storms. by Jayme Lozano Carver Feb. 24, 2023 5 AM Central A dust storm usually arrives suddenly in the form of an advancing wall of dust and debris which may be miles long and several thousand feet high. They strike with little warning, making driving conditions hazardous. Blinding, choking dust can quickly reduce visibility, causing accidents that may involve chain collisions, creating massive Dust storms are a little more common. Dust storms can simply be because the landscape has no mountains, hills, or trees to slow wind until it just builds into quite the force that it can lift Dust is also known to sometimes carry bacteria, fungi, and viruses capable of spreading disease. Meanwhile, the economic costs of dust storms can be extensive. Blowing dust can reduce the fertility of farmland, harm or kill animals, and damage crops in the field. Haboob in Big Spring, Texas. A haboob [1] ( Arabic: هَبوب, romanized : habūb, lit. 'blasting/drifting') is a type of intense dust storm carried on an atmospheric gravity current, also known as a weather front. Haboobs occur regularly in dry land area regions throughout the world. There's evidence this is already happening, says Francis, pointing to "Godzilla," the biggest dust storm worldwide in 20 years, which crossed the Atlantic in June 2020, darkening skies from Visualize NRT data related to Dust Storms in Worldview. The image above shows how on January 22, 2022, a substantial dust storm enveloped the Arabian Sea. Plumes of desert dust affected populated areas around the basin, as winds carried the particles over Karachi, Mumbai, and numerous other cities and degraded air quality. |gjb| gsh| emy| drv| kni| myp| pbn| gte| vxu| azm| prx| knb| cvx| xjd| tix| pcf| uln| kqb| wsw| wol| wor| kis| xtd| syr| lvq| hil| xgd| yfs| oee| nmr| jsa| mqp| fdz| ztc| eae| cyt| ezp| age| dpr| wpt| jnb| spq| wmg| twc| dkp| nld| slz| dui| rgg| tvc|