In the early afternoon of Friday, the town of Chandler was engulfed by a large sandstorm. This gigantic wall of dust, 80 km large and 2 km high, is advancing and gradually engulfing the neighborhoods of this Arizona metropolis of 30,000 inhabitants situated 30 km southeast of Phoenix.
This phenomenon, also identified as “haboob” – and which is frequently observed in the Sahara desert or in the desert spots of the southwestern United States, as The Climate Channel points out -, will cause the development of a cloud of dust in entrance of thunderstorms and a lot more significantly all through their dissipation when potent downward or downward currents arise.
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