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 ...

The dust storm, known meteorologically as a haboob, swept across Deming and Doña Ana counties in New Mexico at a breakneck pace with near-zero visibility and winds of 45 mph, the National Weather ...

Wild video captured a massive dust storm known as a “haboob” that caused car crashes, shut down major highways and left the entire Dallas metro area trapped in an apocalyptic red fog this week.

"There's a dust storm out west and it's called a haboob. There's a massive haboob heading our way," Consuelos said as the Live audience giggled over the name of the storm, which is Arabic in origin.