Dust storms common in arid climate, desert terrain
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 17:00
in Earth & Climate
PHOENIX (AP) -- Powerful dust storms that carry whirling dirt and debris are common occurrences across parts of Arizona and the arid Southwest during the spring and summer months. A day after a massive dust storm swept across an Arizona highway, killing three people in a 19-vehicle pileup, experts say the state isn't alone, across the country or the world, in its susceptibility to such a weather phenomenon....