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06-02-2014, 09:05 PM
What It Looks Like When a Massive Dust Storm Swallows Tehran
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A massive dust storm hit Iran's capital city of Tehran on Monday, turning the skies black as night.
The dust storm, commonly called a "haboob" across the Middle East, left three dead and 27 injured, according (https://twitter.com/SharghDaily/status/473468856997273600/photo/1) to the Iranian Students News Agency
The skies over Tehran suddenly turned black as a wall of sand hit the city from the west, my wife called me to come home "**w"
— Thomas Erdbrink (@ThomasErdbrink) June 2, 2014 (https://twitter.com/ThomasErdbrink/statuses/473453845251506178)
According to The Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/06/02/tehran-iran-swallowed-by-massive-dust-storm-70-mph-winds/), weather conditions changed rapidly as the storm hit Tehran.
It was 91 degrees and sunny at 5 p.m. local time, and 66 degrees with 35 mph one hour later. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/02/dust-storm-tehran/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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A massive dust storm hit Iran's capital city of Tehran on Monday, turning the skies black as night.
The dust storm, commonly called a "haboob" across the Middle East, left three dead and 27 injured, according (https://twitter.com/SharghDaily/status/473468856997273600/photo/1) to the Iranian Students News Agency
The skies over Tehran suddenly turned black as a wall of sand hit the city from the west, my wife called me to come home "**w"
— Thomas Erdbrink (@ThomasErdbrink) June 2, 2014 (https://twitter.com/ThomasErdbrink/statuses/473453845251506178)
According to The Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/06/02/tehran-iran-swallowed-by-massive-dust-storm-70-mph-winds/), weather conditions changed rapidly as the storm hit Tehran.
It was 91 degrees and sunny at 5 p.m. local time, and 66 degrees with 35 mph one hour later. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/02/dust-storm-tehran/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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