April 7, 2016
By Mary Bowerman
A massive dust storm (click here) almost 100-miles-wide swept over theTexas Panhandle Tuesday night.
Forecaster Nicholas Fenner told AP the storm flung dust 2,000 feet into the air before dissipating. A cold front with high-speed winds picked up dirt in Colorado and Kansas and spread it around the panhandle area, AP reported.
Photos of the storm look like a massive gray tidal wave is taking over the horizon....
April 10, 2016
By Mary Bowerman
A massive dust storm (click here) almost 100-miles-wide swept over the
Forecaster Nicholas Fenner told AP the storm flung dust 2,000 feet into the air before dissipating. A cold front with high-speed winds picked up dirt in Colorado and Kansas and spread it around the panhandle area, AP reported.
Photos of the storm look like a massive gray tidal wave is taking over the horizon....
April 10, 2016
Lawrence County, Ark. (KTHV) - Dust storms in northeast Arkansas (click here) on Sunday caused multiple car accidents, one ending in a fatality.
Arkansas State Police Troop B responded to a five-vehicle crash near Walnut Ridge on Sunday afternoon. It claimed one person's life. The identity of the person has not been released.
This was the second multiple-vehicle in Lawrence County crash emergency officials had to clean up. At around 12:30 p.m., a 13-car crash left 11 people injured.
April 25, 2016
April 28, 2016
April 25, 2016
Willcox — It took about two hours (click here) for the eastbound lanes of Interstate 10 to reopen between U.S. Highway 191 in southeastern Arizona and Lordsburg, N.M., according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.
Westbound I-10 remained closed through the early evening between Lordsburg and U.S. Highway 191 as crews worked to clean up the crash from early this afternoon.
Cochise County, Ariz. - I-10 is closed (click here) in both directions in southeastern Arizona, from State Route 191 to Lordsburg, New Mexico.
According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety, the closure is due to blowing bust.
There is at least one collision reported in the area as well.
According to DPS spokesman Kameron Lee, a total of 12 vehicles have collided in I-10 at MP 376, including a San Simon fire truck.
April 30, 2016
April 30, 2016
San Simon — A 62-mile stretch (click here) of Interstate 10 was closed for about two hours Saturday, the third time the interstate was closed over the past week due to blowing dust.
Unlike the previous closures, there were no reports of crashes Saturday due to reduced visibility.
The closure took place between U.S. Highway 191 in southeastern Arizona and Lordsburg, N.M.
