| In North Africa, these cold frontal windstorms are often referred to as haboobs. |
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| These storms, which are of three to four hours duration, are called haboobs. |
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| While sandstorms, or haboobs, are not uncommon in Arizona and other desert areas, the size of this one and the sheer amount of dust it raised were highly unusual. |
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| For some amazing photos of haboobs, click here. |
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| There are several types of damaging wind storms, including tornadoes, downbursts, microbursts, gust fronts, derechos and haboobs. |
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| The city of Phoenix averages about three haboobs a year from June through September and they are massive. |
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| Four hours after takeoff, as Brenci's MC-130 neared Desert One, they had passed the haboobs. |
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| On the other hand, human beings exposed to the summer desert, winter in Kashmir, or the spring haboobs over Iran quickly reach their limits. |
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| Affected by the same winds and wars, they shelter from the same haboobs and have to cross the same wadis. |
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| This creates large thunderstorms that can spawn haboobs, or intense dust storms. |
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| Haboobs form when winds gust down from a thunderstorm and slam into the ground. |
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| From twisters to Haboobs and quick, sudden changes in temperature which can break windows, wild weather is still with us, though tamer than in centuries past. |
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