Name: Dust from the Sahara desert - yes, that one - creates hazy Texas skies
Uploaded: 7/2/2018 5:56:36 PM
Duration: 109
Description: Jesse Hawila explains how dust from an African desert is affecting visibility in Texas.

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Blame the Sahara Desert – yes, that one – for DFW's hazy sky

That hazy Texas sky you've seen the last few days is caused by dust from an African desert.

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Heat Advisory today and Monday

TODAY: Mostly sunny, breezy, hot and humid. Winds: S 10-20. High: 101.

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Stormy wind whips leaves around

AccuWeather's Justin Povick brought us this footage of stormy winds whipping leaves around in Houserville, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 17.

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Thunder shakes neighborhood

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Saturday, August 17, 2019

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Surfside Beach, S.C. gets hit with its fifth rainstorm in one day

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Disastrous flooding results in one dead

On Saturday, Aug. 17, torrential downpours assaulted Istanbul, Turkey, resulting in deadly flooding. Multiple buildings in the historic Grand Bazaar became inundated, and a homeless man was found dead among the water.

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Summer heat: parts of North Texas are under burn bans

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Storm grows in size right before your eyes

A storm that brewed over Lockport, New York, on Aug. 16 was recorded as it grew to an incredible size. This time-lapse shows just how impressive the inflow on the storm was.

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Building storms encroach on Colorado

On August 16, Reed Timmer spotted massive storm clouds near Limon, Colorado. Widespread rain would hit the state later in the day.

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