The scale would rate a storm based on the amount of dust in the air, as well as other components, researchers say.

A powerful storm kicked up a towering wall of dust that rolled through Phoenix, Arizona, on Monday, darkening the sky, blinding drivers, knocking out power and grounding flights at one of the nation’s ...

A stretch of Interstate 10 at the Arizona-New Mexico border has claimed more than 50 lives over the last 40 years due to dust ...

On a hot sunny day, you may spot vortexes of blowing dust spiraling upward and throwing debris everywhere. But as any Grand Canyon State native knows, these aren't mini tornadoes. They're dust devils, ...

About a year ago, plumes of westward dust blown in from the Sahara Desert caused hazy skies and ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — With the monsoon one month away in Arizona, a crucial piece of technology is finally sending data that could help alert tens of thousands of drivers of a dust storm forming. For ...

If climate predictions are correct, it will become hotter, drier and dustier in Arizona over the coming decades. That means giant dust storms like the recent haboobs in Phoenix and Tucson will become ...

Arizona’s first-of-its-kind dust detection system has been in place for five years. According to the Arizona Department of Transportation, the system has activated dozens of times since it went online ...