Washington: A dust storm swept through the Central Valley in the US state of California. Vehicular traffic stopped on the highway. Which created a state of congestion on the roads. In addition, people also faced problems due to power outage in the area. This type of weather phenomenon is called haboob in the local language. Because of this storm, visibility became almost non-existent near Chowchilla, 400 kilometers north of Los Angeles, according to the California Highway Patrol, and Xinhua News Agency said that at approximately one o’clock in the afternoon local time, visibility was very low due to this storm, and a About 20 vehicles, including a semi-truck, collided with each other on Highway No. 152, resulting in several people sustaining minor injuries and taking them to the hospital. gold.
Falling electricity poles
The dust storm also downed power lines in Fresno County. Because of this, more than 12,000 people had to face problems. In one incident, a tree broke in half and fell on the garage of a residential complex, killing children who were playing nearby. There was a very loud and scary noise,” Carla Sanchez, a local resident, told ABC30. The children were very afraid of this.
Sanchez further said that my children came inside running and screaming, and when I went out I saw the tree fell and all the things and cars behind me were broken. Antoinette Serrato, a meteorologist from the Hanford office of the US National Weather Service, said the quake was actually a wall of dust. We can say that this is not normal because it rarely happens.