Feb 24, 2023 · In the High Plains, these dust storms are common and can evolve into haboobs — intense, gritty sandstorms that quickly put a sepia-colored filter over everything and turn the baby blue sky a...

Jul 9, 2024 · Tom Gill, an environmental scientist at the University of Texas at El Paso, said: "Largest haboob I've observed in 20 years or perhaps longer," on X, formerly known as Twitter, per The...

Feb 26, 2023 · In the High Plains, these dust storms are common and can evolve into haboobs — intense, gritty sandstorms that quickly put a sepia-colored filter over everything and turn the baby blue sky a...

Apr 10, 2023 · Texas dust storms, or haboobs, arrive suddenly like an advancing wall of dust many miles long and several feet high, the National Weather Service reports. In Arabic, "habb" translates to "wind,"...

May 15, 2024 · DUMAS, Texas (KVII) — A haboob blew through the Texas panhandle on Wednesday. Winds gusting up to 92 mph generated by severe storms is what created the haboob. Haboobs are giant walls of dust resulting from the combination of strong winds from nearby thunderstorms and dry conditions.

Mar 24, 2021 · Haboobs occur when a thunderstorm produces strong winds that flow downward and then outward, stirring up dust as they go. Often they arrive quickly, appearing as a vast wall of dust that can be...

May 11, 2022 · Video captures a large dust storm heading towards homes near Amarillo, Texas on May 10. Some in the Texas Panhandle may have been wondering if this could be the end of days. First, they felt record heat, then a blinding dust cloud with tropical-storm-force winds and then golf ball-sized hail and flooding rain.

Feb 28, 2023 · A powerful dust storm called a Haboob roared through West Texas and the Panhandle late on Sunday and pushed dusty, hazing conditions all the way into the Houston area.

Mar 24, 2019 · Anyone who lives in Lubbock is well acquainted with the infamous West Texas wind that carries dust and tumbleweeds in its wake. An uncommon occurrence and an uncommon word for most, this wind storm is known as a haboob.

Feb 27, 2023 · A massive dust storm, also known as a haboob, is currently wreaking havoc on some of West Texas's largest cities.The dust blew into Lubbock and other West Texas cities from New Mexico late...