duststorms

My summer is just starting to come in – heatwaves and duststorms and cold spells.

Dragons in the garden 2009

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.

Tom Engelhardt: Biking Out of Iraq 2009

Unlike the so-called "monsoon" season in the American west, with its duststorms and thunderstorms, the monsoon in Singapore is the real deal.

Shards JDsg 2006

Unlike the so-called "monsoon" season in the American west, with its duststorms and thunderstorms, the monsoon in Singapore is the real deal.

Archive 2006-12-01 JDsg 2006

· Avoid large open spaces within the city where hot air can collect during the day and which are conducive to duststorms.

3. Design rules 1993

The duststorms continued, and Timmy had to build a special lean-to in order to protect Rodeo from being smothered.

Centennial Michener, James 1974

And the duststorms kept returning, one after another, in high, billowing grandeur, sweeping the world before them.

Centennial 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.

Centennial 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.

Centennial 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.

Centennial Michener, James 1974