Sand Storm

Here we go again. There is another thick African dust cloud heading for Houston. This cloud will be just as thick if not thicker than the cloud that turned Houston's sky hazy gray at...

A dust storm and a huge wall of sand engulfed parts of the East Valley on Thursday evening, closing roads and creating very reduced visibility on stretches of the I-10 as well as multiple...

A strong dust storm engulfed Muthanna Governorate in Iraq, changing day into night and turning the blue sky into a biblical blood red color on May 11, 2018. Very impressive pictures and videos: This deep...

These amazing pictures from Iran show a wall of dust moving through the city of Yazd. Sandstorms like this occur over desert land and can reach thousands of feet into the air, spurred by...

This is just amazing! Look at this giant dust storm that engulfed the southern provinces of Egypt - Ken, Assiut, Al-Wadi El-Gadid, Luxor, Sohag and the Red Sea - first changing the color of...

Sahara sand currently deposits along the Black Sea coast. These surreal pictures of dusty snow are currently being shared from ski resorts like Krasnaya Polyana and Sochi in Russia and Romania. Pink snow has...

Basra, a city that has become famous all over the world during the Gulf War, has turned blood red on February 18, 2018. The strange sky phenomenon is most probably linked to a sandstorm...

These photos weren't shot by one of the two Mars Explorations Rovers. No they were taken here on Earth as an extreme high-wind sandstorm, carrying dust from Syria and Iraq, engulfed the province of...

The winds in Texas have been brutal this week. A deep trough of low pressure is digging across the Lower 48, and the jet stream is cranking. When winds gusted to 58 mph Wednesday,...

A biblical sandstorm engulfed Saudi Arabia, Syria, parts of Jordan and much of Iraq on October 29, 2017. The apocalyptic weather phenomenon considerably reduced visibility and sent hundreds to hospitals. Now watch the monster wall of...

The sky has turned dark and the sun a deep red-orange because of Storm Ophelia. All over England, the sky looked as if it was in the middle of a sandstorm. The sky was a...

Talk about apocalyptic weather! This terrifying videos were recorded in Algeria as a large sandstorm engulfed the city of AIN OUSSERA turning the day into night with a glowing red sky on August 12, 2017. Last Saturday started...

On June 10, 2017, a biblical dust storm disrupted life in the entire Punjab province with powerful winds reaching 195 km/h (121 mph). The apocalyptic sand storm killed 7 people, injured about 70 and destroyed...

A huge and unexpected sandstorm engulfed Eilat, shutting down the airport on May 18, 2017. The main roads leading into Red Sea resort also closed due to thick cloud of orange sand. Poor visibility caused by a...

Weather in Saudi Arabia is going crazy again. While an impressive flash floods engulf Taif, a huge dust storm changing day into night swallowed up Hail, Saudi Arabia on May 17, 2017. At almost the exat...

An apocalyptical dust storm, heavy thunderstorms and large hail swept across Iowa, damaging homes and cars. Mother nature? Not anymore... Methodic energy induced storms with tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings for a large part of...

For the past couple of days, Spain has been experiencing a strange weather phenomenon known as 'Calima'. This is when a sand and dust-laden wind blowing from the Sahara desert in North Africa reaches Spain...

An epic and terrifying sandstorm changed the day into night in Baghlan, Afghanistan on November 3, 2016. It swallowed up the city within minutes! Crazy! Now a few pictures just after the haboob entered the city....

Parts of the Phoenix area became engulfed in a dust storm Tuesday as bad weather continued to make its way north through Arizona. Here some impressive images and videos. Pictures from VK.com Follow us: Facebook and Twitter

The day suddenly changed to night as a biblical sandstorm engulfed Dori, Burkina Faso, on May 23, 2016 at around 1pm. Yes, the dust storm was so thick and powerful that it hid the sun...

The governor of Rigan has declared the state of emergency as 16 villages in Rigan have been buried in sand and became completely deserted due to continuous biblical sandstorms. Yes, the repeated sand influx and...

An apocalyptical sandstorm swept through Hafr Al-Batin, Saudi Arabia on May 6, 2016. The biblical wall of sand blackened the sky over the city and almost reduced the visibility to zero. OMG! look at this wall of sand! Wow so...

An extreme sandstorm is currently sweeping through China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, affecting local traffic during the May Day Holiday. The severe dust storm caused severe air pollution disrupted road traffic and caused flight cancellations...

This dust storm was so intense that the sky of Ouargla, Algeria turned blood red on April 1, 2016. Sandstorms are actually common in this part of the country during this season. They are however considered...

A massive sandstorm paralyzed the city of Kathmandu, Nepal for about 45 minutes on March 28, 2016. The strong dust storm billowed into the air everywhere, forcing the people to stay indoors, while people on...

Expect red rain over Europe! The deep low over the Tyyrhenian sea is producing intense Scirroco winds over the S Mediterranian, which are advecting large amounts of Saharan dust. The first 3 pictures are from this evening...

Multiple strong sandstorms hit Cairo and Alexandria among other cities in Egypt on March 13, 2016. The unexpected dust storms were followed by heavy rains, lightning and thunder, after days of unseasonable hot temperatures. The sandstorms...

When I first watched this crazy haboob video, I could not believe my eyes. But this is true: A haboob in southern Balochistan turned a city black on March 7, 2016. Here the insane video from...

A powerful sandstorm is currently sweeping across theprovinces of Phenyan-do, Hwanghae-do and Kanvando in North Korea. The haboob, 'Made in China', is produced by the low atmospheric pressure over the Gobi Desert and Inner Mongolia...

A sandstorm hit north and northwest China on Friday, adversely affecting local residents and traffic conditions. In Erenhot City of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the sandstorm brought by the gale turned the city red, decreasing...

Tobruk, Lybia has turned blood red as an apocalyptical red sandstorm swept throught the area on January 17, 2016. Look at the spectacular pictures of the bloody city. Winds of up to 30 miles per hour...

The following dramatic photos and videos were shot on January 13, 2016, from Hoopstad as a massive and violent sandstorm swept across the Freestate in South Africa. Sandstorms in the area are so legendary that it has its own...

An unusually powerful sandstorm swept through the central-western part of the Australian state of Queensland on Decmber 16, 2015. And it turned the day into night at Boulia, where a strong wind was blowing during a...

Uttar Pradesh, India has been hit by sudden dust storm and heavy rainfall that plunged Lucknow, the state's capital, into darkness on December 1, 2015. Yes, the capital city turned black at 4:30pm, right in...

The suffocating sandstorm has started engulfing Lebanon on Monday afternoon and will probably last until Thursday evening. 2 citizens suffocated to death and 750 others are suffering asphyxiation or shortness of breath in the northern...

Phoenix got blanketed by a huge haboob on August 25, 2015. The giant wall of dust triggered by winds from nearby storms rolled through the Phoenix area Tuesday evening reducing the visibility. The powerful haboob was strong...

A giant wall of dust suddenly rose up out of nowhere due to high winds. The massive sandstorm engulfed the city of Djelfa, Algeria on August 22, 2015. Watch these incredible pictures and videos. OMG! Look at...

On June 27, 2015, the first duststorm of 2015 engulfed the city of Phoenix in Arizona! Watch the apocalyptic pictures and video! Awesome! Metro Phoenix residents were slammed by wind and dust over the weekend as...

A strong sandstorm hit the southern parts of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China on Tuesday, darkening the blue sky and reducing the visibility to less than 10 meters. Prefectures of Kashgar, Hotan and...

Watch what it is like when a hundred-meter-high wall of sand engulfs your city! Such apocalyptical sandstorm are so creepy! No, this is not a scene from The Mummy, but a real-life sandstorm in Alxa, Inner Mongolia Autonomous...