page_title: Haboob
hierarchical_section_title: Haboob
caption_attribution_description: English: Gust-front dust cloud, called a Haboob, moving across the Llano Estacado toward Yellow House Canyon near the residential community of Ransom Canyon, Texas. Français&#160;: Nuage de poussière, appelé haboob, se déplaçant à l'ouest du Texas.
context_page_description: A haboob is a type of intense dust storm carried on an atmospheric gravity current, also known as a weather front. Haboobs occur regularly in dry land area regions throughout the world.
context_section_description: A haboob (Arabic: هَبوب‎, romanized: habūb, lit. 'blasting/drifting') is a type of intense dust storm carried on an atmospheric gravity current, also known as a weather front.  Haboobs occur regularly in dry land area regions throughout the world.
caption: A haboob moves across the Llano Estacado toward Yellow House Canyon, near the residential community of Ransom Canyon, Texas (18 June 2009)
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