[ noun ] a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand <noun.phenomenon> it was the kind of duster not experienced in years
dust storm \dust" storm`\ (d[u^]st"st[^o]rm`), n. A strong windstorm that lifts particles of dust or dry soil into the air and blows them around, covering land or objects with a thick layer of dust. Dust storms may occur in arable areas during periods of drought; when a similar storm occurs in a desert area, such a storm is called a {sandstorm}. [PJC]
In fact, pilots on the mission say later that they doubt there were any Iraqi vehicles to begin with; they say the U.S. armored troops, confused in the sandstorm, simply mistook others in their own column for the enemy and called in the air support.
Specialist John Davidson of the 37th Airborne Engineer Battalion pulled guard duty in a sandstorm on Christmas day. "Everybody here is down and depressed," he said.
The agency, monitored in Nicosia, said the committee's report blamed "extraordinarily bad weather conditions and lack of visibility coupled with a sandstorm" for the crash that killed Gen. Adnan Khairallah.
Amid a blinding sandstorm, First Division's headquarters gets word that enemy armor might be threatening an American armored column.
'I was in Dubai earlier this year, sitting in an office discussing the price of silica sand when there was a sandstorm outside,' he said. He is optimistic about growing business, which might soon have to take extra staff.