A strong windstorm that lifts particles of dust or dry soil into the air and blows them around, covering land or objects with a thick layer of dust. Dust storms may occur in arable areas during periods of drought; when a similar storm occurs in a desert area, such a storm is called a sandstorm.

A severe weather condition characterized by strong winds and dust-filled air over an extensive area.

A strong wind storm that fills the air with thick dust. Visibility can be reduced to 1/2 mile or less.

a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand; "it was the kind of duster not experienced in years"

a strong, violent wind that carries fine particles like silt, clay, dust and other materials for long distances

a very strong wind that carries dust across the land

A severe windstorm that sweeps dust into clouds across an extensive area, especially in an arid region, and that reduces

a large cloud of dust blown by a strong wind.

an area where high surface winds have picked up loose dust, reducing visibility to less than one-half mile.

During the height of the Depression, hot , dry winds swept across a drought stricken landscape. These churning winds turned the soil into clouds of dust that covered crops and roads and turned day into night.

An event in which strong winds hit unvegetated land, strip off the topsoil, and send it skyward to form rolling dark clouds that block out the Sun.

A dust storm (or sandstorm in some contexts) is a meteorological phenomenon common in dry, arid and semi-arid regions. Such a storm is usually the result of convection currents created by intense heating of the ground. These currents then carry sand over large distances.