But yesterday's haboob ... now? Friday the 13th solar storm could bring auroras to 18 US states this weekend Waters estimated that the storm was up to 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) tall as it hit Phoenix.

It argued that the dust storms in Phoenix were similar to those around ... "haboob" to describe an enormous dust storm. McLaughlin, now a news anchor for Channel 5 (KPHO), said he didn't remember ...

The word has caught on in Arizona.Late yesterday there was a big haboob, or dust storm in Phoenix. There were a few trees blown down in the suburbs, but no other damage was reported. This was the ...

Haboobs are often the first visible sign that a monsoon storm is approaching metro Phoenix. They form when downdrafts from thunderstorms slam into the hot desert floor. Pinal and Maricopa counties ...

One correspondent wrote in to the Arizona Republic earlier this month to complain that "I am insulted that local TV news crews are now calling this kind of storm a haboob. . . . How do they think ...

A dust storm like this is often called a "haboob," after the Arabic word haab, which means "wind" or "blow." (Some locals, however, are incensed at the use of this Arabic term. I find that pretty sad.

Though haboobs are most common in Sudan, the term has been used to describe Phoenix’s largest dust storms after going viral in 2011. Arizona’s dust storms are prevalent during monsoon seasons ...

A large dust storm, or haboob, sweeps across downtown Phoenix Saturday afternoon, July 21, 2012. Dust storms are common across Arizona during the summer, and walls of dust more than a mile high ...

A haboob—an enormous, storm-born front of dust—was on its way. Matthew Cappucci, a meteorologist for The Washington Post, found himself face-to-face with the haboob. “Within seconds ...