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In North America, the most common terms for these events are either dust storm or sandstorm. In the U.S., they frequently occur in the deserts of Arizona, including around the cities of Yuma and Phoenix; [7] [8] in New Mexico, including Albuquerque; eastern California; and Texas. [9]
The term sandstorm is used most often in the context of desert dust storms, especially in the Sahara Desert, or places where sand is a more prevalent soil type than dirt or rock, when, in addition to fine particles obscuring visibility, a considerable amount of larger sand particles are blown closer to the surface.
Khamsin, [1] chamsin or hamsin (Arabic: خمسين ḫamsīn, meaning "fifty"), more commonly known in Egypt and Israel as khamaseen (Egyptian Arabic: خماسين ḫamāsīn, IPA: [xɑmæˈsiːn] ⓘ), is a dry, hot, sandy local wind affecting Egypt and the Levant; similar winds, blowing in other parts of North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula [citation needed] and the entire Mediterranean ...
2009 Australian dust storm: September 23, 2009 South Australia to inland New South Wales, Australia 2010 China drought and dust storms: Spring 2010 China and parts of Southeast Asia: 2014 Tehran dust storm: June 2, 2014 Tehran, Iran: 2018 Indian dust storms: 2021 East Asia sandstorm: March 2021 Mongolia, China and South Korea: 2022 Iraq dust ...
Dust storms arise when a gust front or other strong wind blows loose dirt, sand, and/or small rocks from a dry surface into the atmosphere, drastically reducing visibility. Though the term is sometimes restricted to storms occurring over normally arable land suffering from drought, it is also used interchangeably with sandstorm and haboob.
What storm comes next after Hurricane Milton? What we learned about how storms are named. How hurricanes and tropical storms get their names: Who names them and why?
A developing cyclone is given a name when it officially becomes a tropical storm, meaning it has sustained winds of at least 39 mph. ... storms. Storm names are retired if they were so deadly or ...
The following names have been retired from use going back to 1953, soon after Atlantic storms were first named. Some years don't have any retired names, while others may have as many as five.