Dust storms are nothing new to Arizona, a state that sees the massive walls of dust roll in every year. In the past month, the Phoenix area saw two major storms, causing flight cancellations, damaged ...

Sarah Lynch Baldwin is a deputy managing editor of CBSNews.com. She helps lead national and breaking news coverage and shapes editorial workflows. A massive wall of dust — called a haboob — hit the ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — There is an experimental ranking system, called the Phoenix Dust Storm Scale, that a panel of experts has been working on. The categories go from 1 to 5, with 5 being the ...

Dust storms are a growing part of life in the Imperial Valley and eastern San Diego County. KPBS’s Kori Suzuki spoke to one scientist about different ways you can stay safe. From afar, the largest ...

The National Weather Service in Phoenix issued both dust storm and severe thunderstorm warnings as the system pushed into Maricopa County Monday evening. The weather service warned drivers of ...

A severe storm swept across Mongolia in March 2023, affecting more than 4 million square kilometres, including 20 provinces in China. The scope of these recent storms demonstrates their unprecedented ...

Dust storms have always swirled through parts of North America, but they are becoming more unexpected and destructive and landing in places unfamiliar with the danger, scientists warn. In May 2023, a ...

Severe thunderstorm warnings, a dust storm warning and flash flood warnings were issued by the National Weather Service in Phoenix on Wednesday, Sept. 3. These warnings apply to Maricopa and Pinal ...

For anyone wondering whether intense dust storms, such as the haboob that enveloped Phoenix this week, are possible in Southern California, the answer is yes. They’ve hit in the recent past and are a ...

Many Imperial Valley residents have grown weary of repeated public health studies around the Salton Sea. One group of scientists is trying to focus on solutions instead. Amato Evan was in the desert ...