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3 unusual facts about dust storm


Bam, Iran

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 storm

Dust storms are not limited to Earth and have been known to form on other planets such as Mars.

Tanis

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.


Brickfielder

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.


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