What is Dust storm?
{{No sources|date=May 2020}} [[File:Dust storm approaching Stratford, Texas.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Dust storm approaching Stratford, Texas, in 1935.]] A '''dust storm''', or '''sandstorm''', is a [[storm]] of small particles of [[sand]] and [[dirt]]. Dust storms happen when a strong wind front blows loose sand and dust from a dry surface. Particles are picked up and [[wikt:suspension|suspended]] in the [[air]], causing [[soil erosion]] where they were. The wind drops them in another place where they can form loess, a kind of [[silt]]. {{Commons category}}{{weather-stub}} [[Category:Winds]]