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Dust Storm in Northwest Maricopa County, Arizona

Dust Storm August 11, 2004 · Northwest Maricopa County, Arizona

What the National Weather Service wrote

High winds from severe thunderstorms further to the northeast, caused a widespread dust storm with visibility reduced to a few dozen yards in blowing dust, over Interstate 10 from Buckeye to 75 miles west of Phoenix. A multiple vehicle accident west of Buckeye involved a commercial bus, seven cars and 16 commercial trucks resulted in four people killed (indirectly) and eight people injured (indirectly).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5415510. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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