On 16 March 2007 a 130 km/h sandstorm hit the city of Bam without warning, suffocating 3 children, killing 2 in car accidents, and wounding 14 others.
Dust storms are not limited to Earth and have been known to form on other planets such as Mars.
Tanis was fictitiously depicted as having been destroyed in a sand storm and buried until 1936 when it was discovered by a German expedition outside Cairo.
Melbourne Storm | Tampa Bay Storm | Storm Thorgerson | Gaelic Storm | The Secret Storm | Paul and Storm | James Storm | Storm Shadow | Wilson's Storm Petrel | Theodor Storm | The Mortal Storm | Storm King Mountain | Storm chasing | Red Storm Rising | Operation Storm | Monkey Dust | Jonny Storm | Graeme Storm | Dust Bowl | Chuckles Bites the Dust | A Storm of Light | Tropical Storm Allison | tropical storm | Storm King Mountain (New York) | Red Dust | Dust in the Wind | Daughters of the Dust | Chicago Storm | Blossoms in the Dust | AIL Storm |
The brickfielder precedes the passage of a frontal zone of a low pressure system passing by, and causes severe dust storms that often last for days and led to its naming as the winds blow up red brick dust.