Dust storm on the West Texas South Plains.(OUTSTANDING STORMS OF THE MONTH) From: Storm Data | Date: June 1, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 World Meteorological Organization. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

An unusually intense dust storm affected the South Plains of west Texas during the afternoon hours of June 22, 2006. A five county area southwest of Lubbock experienced hazardous blowing dust conditions that contributed to twelve chain-collision automobile accidents and destroyed vast cotton crops. An elderly man was killed in a multi-vehicle collision, numerous motorists were injured, and total property losses were estimated to exceed $2.1 million dollars.

The dust storm was a classic example of the haboob phenomenon, commonly observed in the deserts of Africa, and less ...

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