Arizona’s dust storms will soon have a ranking system like tornadoes

The towering walls of dust that barrel across Arizona during monsoon season will soon be easier to understand. A team of 22 meteorologists and weather experts spent years developing the first standardized dust storm scale. It’s designed to classify severity, like the Enhanced Fujita scale that’s used for categorizing tornadoes. The end goal? Safety. Cronkite … Continue reading Arizona’s dust storms will soon have a ranking system like tornadoes