After a dry winter and spring, there's a lot of dust waiting for the first monsoon wind storm, a phenomenon known as a haboob.

For example, dust devils will often form on a dirt road near an irrigated field, or in a field near a road. The ground becoming hotter than the air above it is an unstable condition.

The 2019-20 dusty period and the current SA drought shows Australia can still fall victim to these major dust storms. But there are things we can do to be better prepared and more resilient.

April 14, 1935, dawned clear across the plains. After weeks of dust storms, one near the end of March destroying five million acres of wheat, people grateful to see the sun went outside to do ...

MOLINE, Ill. — The deadly dust storm that recently took the lives of seven people in central Illinois is a good reminder that the weather can change in an instant, even with a crystal-clear blue ...