Everywhere dust gathers, awaiting the winds which create the monstrous duststorms that carry the precious land of Iraq into the fragile lungs of urban Iraqis. ❋ Unknown (2009)
My summer is just starting to come in – heatwaves and duststorms and cold spells. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Unlike the so-called "monsoon" season in the American west, with its duststorms and thunderstorms, the monsoon in Singapore is the real deal. ❋ JDsg (2006)
· Avoid large open spaces within the city where hot air can collect during the day and which are conducive to duststorms. ❋ Unknown (1993)
The duststorms continued, and Timmy had to build a special lean-to in order to protect Rodeo from being smothered. ❋ Michener, James (1974)
And the duststorms kept returning, one after another, in high, billowing grandeur, sweeping the world before them. ❋ Michener, James (1974)
Earl Grebe did not have one dollar, and with no gasoline for his tractor, he would be unable to produce crops even if the duststorms did abate. ❋ Michener, James (1974)
On the plains where duststorms struck, this period was one of the bleakest in American history and not even dramatic exaggeration could convey the anguish of some of the stories from that period. ❋ Michener, James (1974)
The vast plains had a nobility that would never diminish, for they were a challenge, with their duststorms, their wild blizzards, their tornadoes and their endless promise, if men treated them with respect. ❋ Michener, James (1974)
Environment: current issues: deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; air pollution in Beirut from vehicular traffic and the burning of industrial wastes; pollution of coastal waters from raw sewage and oil spills natural hazards: duststorms, sandstorms international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, ❋ United States. Central Intelligence Agency (N/A)
Persian Gulf; inadequate supplies of potable water natural hazards: periodic droughts, floods; duststorms, sandstorms; earthquakes along the Western border international agreements: party to - Endangered Species, Hazardous ❋ United States. Central Intelligence Agency (N/A)
Environment: current issues: rising soil salinity; beach pollution from oil spills; very limited natural fresh water resources natural hazards: summer winds often raise large sandstorms and duststorms in interior; periodic droughts international agreements: party to - Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, ❋ United States. Central Intelligence Agency (N/A)
Environment: current issues: desertification; very limited natural fresh water resources; the Great Manmade River Project, the largest water development scheme in the world, is being built to bring water from large aquifers under the Sahara to coastal cities natural hazards: hot, dry, dust-laden ghibli is a southern wind lasting one to four days in spring and fall; duststorms, sandstorms international agreements: party to - Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, ❋ United States. Central Intelligence Agency (N/A)
Jim's letters told of scorching heat, of blinding duststorms, and cloudbursts that made lakes of the camps, but nothing else happened except the welter of routine. ❋ Rupert Hughes (1914)
Vanheimert had been in many duststorms, but never in such a storm so far from the haunts of men. ❋ Unknown (1893)
There could also be thunder or duststorms at isolated places but they will only offer temporary relief with mercury expected to drop by a couple of degrees. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The 'overheating' could result in thunder or duststorms. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Spread the word, or the duststorms will get worse, and the winters warmer! ❋ Unknown (2009)
Once again, we have another case of a type of "severe disastrous weather" -- as Zhu et al. describe Chinese duststorms -- being dramatically reduced in response to the historical warming of the globe. ❋ Unknown (2009)
