dust storms

Huge amounts of dust have been on the move in recent days causing poor visibility from central Africa to the Levant. 10 hours ago. Visibility across vast swaths of northern and central Africa and the Arabian Peninsula has been severely reduced since Thursday as a large-scale disturbance has resulted in huge quantities of ...

The state of Uttar Pradesh has been reeling under dry weather conditions for the past few days. Pre-Monsoon showers did not have a good start during the month of March over Uttar Pradesh. Only a few light rainy instances were witnessed.

Visibility is greatly reduced due to a dust storm. Currently, both westbound and eastbound lanes are blocked. Three school buses from William Thomas Middle School are stuck in the storm. Officials say the kids are safe but will be delayed getting home. Drivers are encouraged to avoid the area and expect ...

Lucknow: Three people were killed after a dust storm hit Uttar Pradesh, police said on Saturday. One person was killed after a wooden shaft collapsed on him in Gonda while two labourers died in Azamgarh when the roof of an under-construction building fell on them. The deaths took place on Friday night, ...

The Week in Photos: From a Student Protest in Turkey to Dust Storms in Sudan. A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature. ... This picture, taken on March 30th, 2018, shows the dust storm in Khartoum. A thick sandstorm engulfed the Sudanese capital on Thursday, forcing ...

A massive dust storm hit many parts of central and eastern Uttar Pradesh on Friday evening, disrupting vehicular traffic and causing power outages at many places, an official said. The chopper of Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya was caught in rough and turbulent weather and had to make an ...

Egypt to see warm weather after heavy dust storm, Cairo 23°C. By: Rehab Ismail. Fri, Mar. 30, 2018. CAIRO – 30 March 2018: The Egyptian Meteorological Authority expects clear warm weather in Egypt on Friday morning, yet cold weather is predicted for the night. The clouds are low and medium in the north, accompanied ...

Three people were killed after a dust storm hit Uttar Pradesh, police said on Saturday. One person was killed after a wooden shaft collapsed on him in Gonda while two labourers died in Azamgarh when the roof of an under-construction building fell on them. The deaths took place on Friday night, police ...

As UAE prepares for another summer season, the national met department (NCMS) has forecasted a fall in temperatures on Saturday. According to the NCMS, the weather will be fair to partly cloudy in general today, hazy at times, with a decrease in temperature. Mercury forecasted to fall as low as 17°C ...

Three people were killed after a dust storm hit Uttar Pradesh, police said on Saturday. One person was killed after a wooden shaft collapsed on him in Gonda while two labourers died in Azamgarh when the roof of an under-construction building fell on them. The deaths took place on Friday night, police ...

KHARTOUM, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Khartoum airport on Thursday announced suspension of air flights due to a dust storm which has been hitting the Sudanese capital Khartoum since early Thursday morning. "It has been decided to suspend the air flights until the dust storm clears," said Mohammed ...

AMMAN — Brisk, sand-raising winds on Thursday created sandstorms in the southern region and the badia, forcing schools and universities to suspend classes due to reduced road visibility, according to officials. Strong western winds, which reached 50-60 kilometres per hour, caused dusty weather all ...

LAMESA, Texas (WBFF) - A strong storm in Texas set off a dust cloud, and hail was seen piling up on highways and rural roads. A video taken by Jason Cooley, of Live Storms Media captured the storm, northwest of Lamesa, which he said "created lots of wind and small hail which triggered a cloud of dust along the outflow.".

Powerful winds recently drove sand from the Sahara Desert across the Mediterranean Sea into southern Europe and as far as the ski slopes in Sochi, Russia, turning skies red and leaving behind orange-frosted snow. Dust storms range from the size of a tiny dust devil, to a cloud that might cover a continent ...

African Dust Storm Turns Southern Russia Yellow. Instagram @evgeny__volkov. Dust from the African Sahara has swept over southern Russia, turning the streets and mountain slopes of Krasnodar region a hazy yellow color.

Crete is known for its pristine beaches and rich history but has now made headlines for a far stranger reason. This morning tourist and locals on the heavily populated island awoke to find themselves in an eerie orange wasteland, closer to the set of a science-fiction film than a tropical paradise. Read More: ...

Similar to their hunter-gatherer counterparts, many children in Western societies prefer play that mimics the things that adults do, Bruce Bower reported in “When it's playtime, many kids prefer reality over fantasy" (SN: 2/17/18, p. 22). But fantasy play may still be valuable. Reader Pat Rapp wondered about ...

The weather bureau has issued Canberra a severe weather warning as gusts of up to 91km/h drag dust from NSW into the ACT. Bureau of Meteorology severe weather forecaster Jordan Notara said strong winds to the west of the ACT paired with few recent rainy days had dragged the dust across the ...

A dust storm moves into Phoenix. Photo taken ... A dust storm obscures the street as a car drives towards the Sunset Gas Station in Arizona June 17, 1961. Republic file ... A dust storm reduces visibility on Van Buren Street as cars drive towards the Romney Sun Dancer hotel September 1, 1971. Republic ...

DENVER (CBS4) – The National Weather Service issued a Dust Storm Warning Tuesday afternoon for most of northwest Kansas, parts of southwest Nebraska and Yuma County, Colorado. alerts wind nutu Dust Storm Warning Issued For Part Of Colorado As Winds Close I 70. Strong northwest winds ...

The wind is dying down in Denver, but a few hundred miles east, it's a different story. A dust storm warning has been issued for Goodland, Kansas – about 20 miles from the Colorado border. This has prompted the Kansas Department of Transportation to close Interstate 70 from Goodland to Colby, Kansas ...

Wicked winds in Colorado on Monday topple truck trailers, create dust storms, raise fire concerns. Some wind gusts topped 70 mph, Tuesday should be calmer ...

Last year, the Arizona Department of Transportation reported 85 auto accidents were caused during severe dust storms. Ken Waters with the National Weather Service said the conditions are particularly dangerous along farming corridors near Casa Grande, Picacho Peak and in southeastern Arizona.

Starting this summer, an improved dust-storm alert system will narrow the areas that get dust storm text alerts. Ken Drozd, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Tucson, said this will help to better target the people directly affected by a dust storm. “Only if you're actually in the dust storm ...

The Arizona Department of Transportation is spending nearly $13 million to install a new, dust storm detection and warning system on a 10-mile stretch of Interstate 10 between Tucson and Phoenix. Following a five year study, the state found more than half the accidents caused by dust storms, happened ...

TUCSON, Ariz. - It's a problem the Arizona Department of Transportation has been working on and is now just months away from a possible solution. Dust storms, especially between Tucson and Phoenix and Tucson and the New Mexico state line, have resulted in numerous vehicle collisions that have lead ...

Huge brown clouds that blow over our freeways can blind and confuse drivers, flying down the road at 75 miles an hour. Arizona Department of Transportation officials say they've done a study and learned that there have been 85 dust-related crashes along Interstate 10 between Tucson and Phoenix, and ...

Forecaster Peter Webb from the Bureau of Meteorology said weather conditions in the Mid North were perfect for the top soil of dry paddocks to be whipped up into a dust storm. “There are three conditions that are needed for dust storms to form,” Mr Webb said. “The ground needs to be dry so the dust can ...

Wild dust storm paints Australian town bright orange. Veuer. Troy Frisby. Feb 22nd 2018 12:38PM. A dust storm just made a town in the Australian outback orangier than a bad spray tan. The storm hit Charleville in southwest Queensland, leaving it covered in an orange dust. The Queensland Police Service posted wild ...

“We heard thunder, so we went outside to make sure the dogs were okay and bring everything inside, and we turned around and there was this big red dust storm coming along — it was pretty thick," Paige Donald, a 21-year-old kangaroo hunter from Charleville, told ABC News. "Our eyes are covered in ...

Charleville has been transformed into an apocalyptic sea of orange, as a dust storm whips through the south-western Queensland town. Winds gusts of up to 96 kilometres per hour caused the dust storm, given the recent dry weather, the Bureau of Meteorology said. Paige Donald, a 21-year-old roo shooter ...

High winds caused more than 1,000 homes in Canberra to lose power and whipped a dusty haze over the city yesterday. Gusts of up to 82 kilometres per hour were recorded, with powerlines brought down and trees uprooted. EvoEnergy said 1,100 homes had lost power and listed 18 suburbs across the ...

Southern California's first major storm of winter left behind devastation in the Santa Barbara County communities of Montecito in January, killing at least 21 people and destroying homes as a wall of mud, boulders and debris swept through neighborhoods. A storm building off the coast this week might pack ...

The Arizona Department of Transportation said this stretch of freeway, near Eloy, was chosen for the first of this type of dust detection system because it has been the site of the most dust related accidents. The department plans to complete construction on the system in 2019. (Photo by Jenna Miller/Cronkite ...

COOLIDGE, AZ - As you drive on the westbound Interstate 10 driving from Tucson to Phoenix. You'll notice major highway construction at the I-10 and State Route 87 interchange between Eloy and Picacho. Crews are improving the interchange and expanding the I-10 into six lanes. The third phase of the ...

Last year, the Arizona Department of Transportation reported 85 auto accidents were caused during severe dust storms. Ken Waters with the National Weather Service said the conditions are particularly dangerous along farming corridors near Casa Grande, Picacho Peak and in southeastern Arizona.

ELOY – Arizona officials are installing a system along Interstate 10 between Phoenix and Tucson to warn drivers about dangerous dust storms. The system of radar, cameras and electronic message boards is being installed along a 10-mile stretch of I-10 where it meets State Route 87, southeast of Eloy.

Starting this summer, an improved dust-storm alert system will narrow the areas that get dust storm text alerts. Ken Drozd, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Tucson, said this will help to better target the people directly affected by a dust storm. “Only if you're actually in the dust storm ...