December 21, 2012
A dust storm in West Texas triggered a series of accidents Wednesday that killed one person, injured at least 17 others and led authorities to close part of Interstate 27 north of Lubbock, a spokesman with the Texas Department of …
October 21, 2012
A massive dust storm swirling reddish-brown clouds over northern Oklahoma triggered a multi-vehicle accident along a major interstate Thursday, forcing police to shut down part of the heavily traveled roadway amid near blackout conditions. In a scene reminiscent of the …
October 5, 2011
Authorities say at least one person is dead and multiple others are injured after a blinding dust storm rolled across the Arizona desert Tuesday afternoon, causing pileup crashes involving at least 30 vehicles on Interstate 10 northwest of Tucson. Arizona …
September 29, 2011
A dust storm is moving through Arizona and may have caused a seven-car wreck on Interstate 10 that injured 13 people. Hector Vasquez, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, says the dust storm isn’t all that dense and hasn’t …
August 22, 2011
A thick cloud of dust has swallowed Phoenix at sundown three times this summer, covering the city with grit and baffling even longtime residents who can’t remember seeing so many dramatic “haboobs” during a monsoon season. A 1,000-feet-high wall of …
July 7, 2011
The mile-high wall of ominous, billowing dust that appeared to swallow Phoenix and its suburbs is all that locals can talk about. The dust storm moved through the state, halting airline flights, knocking out power to nearly 10,000 people, turning …