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A dust storm, also called a sandstorm, is a meteorological phenomenon common in arid and semi-arid regions. [1] Dust storms arise when a gust front or other strong wind blows loose sand and dirt from a dry surface. Fine particles are transported by saltation and suspension, a process that moves soil from one place and deposits it in another.
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 ]
2021 East Asia sandstorm: March 2021 Mongolia, China and South Korea: 2022 Iraq dust storms: Iraq: 2023 East Asia sandstorm: April 2023 China, Japan, South Korea and ...
The world is losing almost 1 million square kilometres (386,000 square miles) of productive land a year to sand and dust storms made worse by human activities, the United Nations body in charge of ...
Blame for the shrouded horizon can be cast upon the widespread sandstorms that have been running roughshod over the country's southeast region, leaving behind a layer of sediment on houses, cars ...
The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday declared 2025 to 2034 the United Nations Decade on Combating Sand and Dust Storms — extreme weather events that are increasing and threatening health and ...
Cyclones. Extratropical cyclone. European windstorms; Australian East Coast Low "Medicane", Mediterranean tropical-like cyclones Polar cyclone; Tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, typhoon, or just "cyclone"
The weather phenomenon—known as a "Calima"—caused airport closures and wildfires across the Spanish archipelago. From Esquire