Two dust storms, also known as haboobs, enveloped regions in Texas and New Mexico Monday afternoon, creating unsafe road conditions.

A haboob (pronounced “huh-boob”) is a dust storm that appears like an advancing wall of dust and debris thousands of feet high and miles long.

Powerful winds whipped up dust storms across Texas and New Mexico on Monday, March 3, reducing visibility and forcing highway closures. A dust storm warning and a blowing dust advisory were in effect in the area.