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Phoenix Dusts Off After Giant Sandstorm Whips Through [1]

Phoenix residents awoke on Wednesday to a thick layer of dust on their cars, their streets and just about everything else outside after a giant sandstorm more than a mile high roared through the city.

The storm on Tuesday evening grounded airplanes, led to traffic tie-ups and set off a wave of coughing across the Valley of the Sun.

Publication Date: 
07/07/2011
Timothy Williams [2]
New York Times (New York) [3]
Tags:
United States Of America (US) [4], Natural Disasters [5], Storms [6]
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