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

A massive dust storm buried parts of New Mexico and Texas in airborne smut Monday morning, shutting down highways and leaving nearly 900,000 residents trapped in a potentially deadly cloud.The dust storm — a particularly fierce variety known as a “haboob” — was miles wide and thousands of feet tall,

Strong winds swept across Texas and New Mexico on March 6, prompting a dust storm warning due to low visibility and hazardous driving conditions. The National Weather Service issued the warning until 5 p.