Air quality alerts were issued for northern Santa Barbara County and adjacent southern San Luis Obispo County because of blowing dust and sand.

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The weather service issued a blowing dust advisory Monday for Arizona.

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Blowing dust forced the California Highway Patrol to close state Route 14 in the high desert Antelope Valley north of Los Angeles due to low visibility.

NPR: Windy Spring Storm Sweeps Through Calif., Arizona

In Phoenix, blowing dust obscured the mountains surrounding the city, and at least four people were injured in a pileup when two semi-trucks jackknifed in a dust storm on I-10 in southern Arizona.

NPR: Windy Spring Storm Sweeps Through Calif., Arizona

They don't know for sure, but apparently a mini tornado passed over the rover blowing all the dust away.

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Beijing's environment agency blamed large amounts of dust blowing in on strong winds from Inner Mongolia, and urged people to stay indoors.

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All three meet military specification 810G for dust, shock, vibration, extreme temperatures, blowing rain and immersion.

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