haboob

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Looks like a haboob except it's not in Arizona, the cloud isn't brown and it isn't at ground level.

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  • Looks like a haboob except it's not in Arizona, the cloud isn't brown and it isn't at ground level. —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
  • 18 years old and i might not know that much about the world .. al haboob: I love my kids, the are just like that ... —  Qwaider Planet
  • Radar records indicate that a haboob, a blinding wall of dust commonly found in North Africa, blew in near the crash site with gusts up to 56 miles per hour at 9: 30 p.m., the time investigators believe Rainer Aberer and his wife, Sharen Severson, hit the ground in their single-engine plane. —  The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines
  • Eye on jordan: Happy Birthday Qwaider Planet ... al haboob: Happy Birthday Qwaider Planet ... hamede: Happy Birthday and thank you ... —  Palestine Blogs aggregator
 

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  1. Arabic habūb, strong wind, from habba, to rush, blow; see hbb in Semitic roots.
 

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