Dust Storm

How They Form

• It needs to be windy
• There must be loose dirt and sand
• The strong winds pick up the sand and dirt.
• It eventually turns into a massive wall of dust. 

Where Will It Occur

• Many of them occur in the Sahara Desert.
• They occur in dry, desert like places.      

How Meteorologists Predict Them

• Using systems called Tapered Element Oscillating Microbalance. 
• They also use Beta Attenuation. 

How Can Someone Prepare For One

• Have weather radios 
• Have kits ready for your house and car.
• The kits need, goggles, masks, and food and water.
• Have extra clothes.
• Have extra batteries for the radio

The experiences of people who survived them

• Many people claimed that dust would find a way into the house.
• There daily lives were stopped do to the low visibility. 
• They couldn't go outside because they couldn't breath in the dust and sand.

Possible Damages

• The storm would cause a disruption in telecommunications
• Car and air traffic is stopped.
• Low visibility and little to no daily activities. 
• Deposition of crops and cropland.