The dust hurts air quality not only by giving skies a milky haze, but also by aggravating respiratory problems and triggering ...

The next round of Saharan dust is likely to move toward the Texas Gulf Coast by Sunday, becoming the most concentrated early ...

Saharan dust refers to fine particles of sand and mineral dust lifted from the Sahara Desert. The dust particles are small enough to be carried by strong winds (often referred to as the trade winds) ...

A view of the Dallas skyline on Tuesday afternoon as a dust storm raced across Texas. (EarthCam) An otherworldly scene unfolded across parts of Texas on Tuesday as a dust storm swept across the ...

Wild video captured a massive dust storm known as a "haboob" that caused car crashes, shut down major highways and left the entire Dallas metro area trapped in an apocalyptic red fog this week.

The phenomenon won’t last long though. Thunderstorms moving in Saturday are expected to push the dust back out. The threat of those storms is strongest for the upper half of the North Texas region.

After several days of heavy rain and storms, another atmospheric shift is headed for Texas — this time, a plume of Saharan dust. The dust, drifting westward across the Atlantic, is expected to ...

A light layer of dust is expected to enter South Texas on Sunday before moving north into Houston, Austin and Dallas by Monday. It will likely linger for several days, lasting through the end of ...

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A view of the Dallas skyline on Tuesday afternoon as a dust storm raced across Texas. (EarthCam) An otherworldly scene unfolded across parts of Texas on Tuesday as a dust storm swept across the ...