here. >> that's the official title, haboob. >> a haboob. >> this is a haboob in the making. >> gotta get a haboob hat, get that on the air. it's a word you can address -- stephanie, that is a haboob car you have. >> what is a haboob. >> haboob is the word of the day. >> we're lost in a mighty haboob. >> why do you keep saying haboob. >> say it again, elliott, i know you love to say it. >> i love the guy who's like, right!

haboob h-a-b-o-o-b. haboob. >> that's science people. >> sighs en. >> haboob. >> our producer told me i can't say that. >> you can't say it, but i can. >> yes. >> we are not dealing with any had abboos and they usually happen in -- haboobs they usually happen in dry regions. check out moisture around here. dew points in the upper 70 -- 60s to around 70. very oppressive and sticky. yucky outside and you are going to be feeling that heading through the remainder of today. and going through the rest of the week, temperatures right now coming in at 72 degrees in baltimore. dulles at 71. 65 in york and 70 in hagerstown and 72 in winchester. 73 in charlotsville. satellite and radar not picking up on a lot. we will get a sun cloud mix going throughout the day today. thinking we have have a chance for showers and thunderstorms as we go into the afternoon as well. the reason why is always because we have the stationer'sy front flickering -- stationer'sy frontflick -- stationary front flyingering back and forth. -

here. >> that's the official title, haboob. >> a haboob. >> this is a haboob in the making. >> gotta. it's a word you can address -- stephanie, that is a haboob car

we had another one -- >> not dust storm, haboob. >> it's called haboob? can we say that on tv? was moving in, this thing was massive. it happened again in phoenix overnight. he mean this is the stuff where you bring your ski mask out, folks. they just paid however many bucks to clean their car windows. that's nbc's bill karins with me. if you want to talk about boobs this early, it's your business, he just work here. >> we talked about it two weeks ago. we had this conversation, youy overseas playing. yes, official term is haboob. you can google it. just make sure you don't do it at work. let's talk about this heat wave. good morning, everyone. yesterday we had a heat index near 130 in areas of iowa. that's some serious business. once again, the warnings are all through the middle of the country, about 20 different states are under some kind of heat advisory or warning at this time. the east coast, get ready, it's heading your way, thursday it starts, friday is the peak and it will last into saturday. right now it feels like 92 in minneapolis as you walk out the door and 84 in

>> a haboob. a massive storm swept the phoenix area, the 3,000-foot high wall of dust created dangerous driving conditions. >>> and now for a look at your national weather, we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins with your weather channel forecast. who first inlightened us with haboob. now we learn more. >> i'm over it. i'm not going to say that word. >> really? are you going to start a new word? >> i didn't make that one up. that was a real word. don't try to trick me into saying it. let's talk heat wave, how many times have i said heat wave and hot. it's a little ridiculous. let's talk about where it was the worse yesterday. through texas and oklahoma. what was really bad was up in minnesota, minneapolis was 98, not only that, it was really humid. like off the charts humidity. so the air was just really thick. and at one point yesterday it felt like nearly 120 when you walked outside. areas of iowa, one location was up there, it almost felt like 130 yesterday. which was just off the charts hot.

it's a dust storm, a dust wall really, or a haboob.ur senior political editor mark preston with our political ticker. mark, good morning to you. you didn't know what a haboob was, did you? >> i absolutely did not. >> i didn't either. let's talk not so good news for republican presidential hopefuls. a new poll that you have out. >> someone such as mitt romney in the new state poll conducted for the cnn affiliate wmur tv in new hampshire shows mitt romney is at the top of the poll. look at the numbers. mitt romney at 35%. coming in second is michele bachmann at 12%. bad news for the likes of john huntsman who is not in the top five. he's at 2%. he's the former u.s. ambassador to china in the obama administration. you would think he needs to win new hampshire, do well in new hampshire if his campaign is to kick off. what is also interesting is two people in the top five of republican picks -- >> they're not declared candidates. giuliani and perry. >> they're doing well even though they're not in the race, ali. >> tell us about the twitter

"haboob"? >> bill wilmore know all about it. >> it gets higher off of the ground and then it just perpetuates. at the weather center i can imagine this is a very crazy scene. >> yes, we will talked-about that of the later, because we have a chance to see it again on our website. a look around the area, our skies are partly sunny in the district. look at all of the red and yellow. that is pretty heavy rain. there will be quite a bit of it through virginia the carolinas and southward, and probably the district and west virginia as well. tropical moisture we are watching the heaviest thunderstorms in southern virginia and in the carolinas. that rain is in the form of heavy downpours through florida and there is a 70% chance of storms that could affect the final launch of the space shuttle on friday. it feels like 93 with that heat and humidity thing again. in leesburg, 90, feeling like 96. in beltsville it is a 88 right now and feel as light 91. it was a little below average 77 the morning low the

stephanie, that is a haboob car you have. >> what is a haboob. >> haboob is the word of the day. >> we're lost in a mighty haboob. >> why do you keep saying haboob. >> say it again, elliott, i know you love to say it. >> i love the guy who's like, right! . here comes the ed show, i'm sorry. >>> good evening, americans and welcome to the ed show, tonight from new york, rush limbaugh has politicized the death of a little girl. he says democrats don't care about dead children. what a sick dude. his party's sick policies are cheating millions of children out of succeeding in this country. that's the ed show. >> without this amendment minnesota could have gay marriage imposed on us. >> michele bachmann is surging in the new hampshire polls, despite today's new details of her anti-gay agenda. i'll talk about it with michelle goldberg and mike rodgers. >> did she come at you? >> in wisconsin, david prosser is still on the bench even though he's accused of choking his colleague. tonight there are new calls for him to step aside. senator james inhofe of oklahoma is literally above the law. he's pl

. >> we have a haboob. >> have you seen this video of the haboob. >> there was a haboob. >> it's a technical term. you're accurate in saying exactly what it is. it's a dust storm that gets kicked up this time of year. this was in phoenix, a dust wall as high as 3,000 feet. driving visibilities, it brings traffic to a stand still. they get them quite often. not usually this intensity. haboob, a meet logical term. >> you heard it before, this term in. >> i have. you know, you can use it throughout the morning as much as you like. >> excellent, rob. rob in the weather center. >>> actress betty white said that she's deeply flat ered and loves a man in uniform. will she accept a marine's invitation to be his date to yet another military ball? we'll tell you on the other side. >>> here's the quote of the day -- he's the luckiest man in politics. find out who said this and about whom. it's coming up. my contacts are so annoying. they're itchy, dry and uncomfortable. i can't wait to take 'em out, throw 'em away and never see them again. [ male announcer ] know the feeling? get the contacts you've go

haboob. >> say it with confidence, haboob. >> haboob, i've got it. we'll see you in a bit.up, the breaking news in the casey anthony case. jurors speak out about the not guilty verdict and anthony's attorney jose baez talk about whether the verdict was justice for little caylee. plus, a look at what's next for casey anthony who could be a free woman as early as tomorrow. also tonight, marcia clark, the prosecutor from o.j. simpson's murder trial. she says the verdict in the anthony trial even worse than the o.j. verdict. we'll talk to her coming up. or the brake™. help ! gas™ or brake ? take it from me-- with hertz, you'll always find your way. hertz-- at the airport, in your neighborhood or at hertz.com. ♪ i like your messy hair ♪ i like the clothes you wear ♪ i like the way you sing ♪ and when you dance with me ♪ you always make me smile [ male announcer ] we believe you're at your best when you can relax and be yourself. and at thousands of newly refreshed holiday inn express hotels, you always can. holiday inn express. stay you. and now stay rewarded with vacation pay.

. >> haboob. that's not a made up word. >> do we need a beep?> no, that's what they call dust storms in the world and in arizona. i witnessed a couple of these. if you left your windows down, you got a lot of dust to clean in that car and also off your back porch. this cakes everything. this was a historical dust storm that rolled through phoenix and arizona yesterday. let me show what you it looks like on the radar. the thunderstorms is what causes the dust stormsment we don't get a lot of thunderstorms in the deserts. we had a complex go through yesterday. here's the phoenix area. no storms came in from the east and blew right through. and even now a lot of heavy rain. it wasn't just phoenix that saw the dust storm, many areas of the lower part of arizona experienced the dust storm yesterday. as far as weather goes, not a lot going on. we've got some dying thunderstorm complexes from last night. the temperatures continue to steal the show over around texas and also in oklahoma. it was 102 yesterday in dallas. 104 in oklahoma city. just to show

haboob, you didn't use it this time. >> again. >> haboob.t one was like mild, tense miles wide, 50 miles. nothing like that. it's that time of the year for us. to see clouds and they will change our temperatures. anybody want to say something over there? >> go. >> there was something left on the table there. >> so what we're dealing with are the low clouds, you can see them over the bay bridge this morning, maybe you can get drizzle along the coast. let's talk about what is going on temperature-wise and show you it's pretty mild this morning thanks to those clouds hanging around. we're in the 50s, fremont, san jose, los gatos, livermore, antioch, everybody else in the upper 50s. fog sand around santa rosa. same thing for watsonville and salinas. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. gilroy warmer at 63 degrees. mostly sunny today and warming trend will continue in our inland areas, clouds around the bay and coast will kind of keep you the same as yesterday. clouds will only be at the coast tonight. warmer weather tomorrow and we'll just kind of h

. >>> and howling haboob. a giant wall of dust rolls through phoenix for a second a giant wall of dust rolls through phoenix for a second time in nearly two weeks. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello, and good morning. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with london calling. news corp. chief rupert murdoch and his son along with former chief executive rebekah brooks will face tough questioning this morning before lawmakers. just hours from now, this is the development in the growing phone hacking scandal that seems to be changing by the hour. nbc's jim maceda is live for us in london right outside parliament with all the details. jim, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. well, all eyes will be on a that building behind me, the parliament, and a small room inside that parliament building just big enough for about 40 or so spectators, but there will be overflow rooms with lots of television screens. this is must-see tv today for all of britain and elsewhere. as one politician here

maryland's most powerful radar not pick up on haboobs. as we go into the afternoon, we could be different. maybe showers and thunderstorms popping up. right now, temperatures coming in at 70 degrees into clarksville. arbutus at 73. bel air at 72 as well. and hour by hour forecast, we will get hot once again. very humid out there. and 92 degrees. and i want to say to marlow who is watching, she told me to say about the hornets out there, be careful because it's warm and they are coming out out of the ground. now over to tonya with your traffic. good information, huh? >> reporter: yes, i feel bad i don't have cool traffic words for you. i will have to come up with some. we are doing okay. no major problems. let's look at white marsh at pulaski highway. one car crossing the bridge. no problems indicated there at all. we do have an incident, though, up near to the very upper right of the map joppa road south of pulaski there's an accident overnight. a car with a pole leaning on top of it. that's still in the cleanup stages. megan. >> all righ

haboob is the word of the day. >> what's the difference between a haboob and a regular sandstorm. >>retty much the same thing. haboob is a severe event. take a look at this video. this reached up to 10,000 feet in the air and at one point, was as much as 50 miles wide. so it's created by strong winds associated with a thunderstorm and just caused extreme conditions, almost zero visibility. lots of trees down too, by the way. about 8,000 people in the phoenix area without power. and, of course, it grounded flights for several hours. there were delays throughout much of the night. take a look here, too, as the radar, just to put this in perspective for you, here's tucson where the storm started and moved it ways towards phoenix and continued to push off towards the east. more of those monsoonal thunderstorms will be possible in the southwest today as that moisture streams into the area. we'll also watch for thunderstorms in parts of the midwest, into the southeast and even in the northeast. places like boston could have some isolated severe thunderstorms. it's going to be a hot, sticky

it's called a haboob. this is a time-lapsed video of what happened in phoenix yesterday. an amazing sandstorm covering the entire city in sand. a lot of people had to clean out their pools and their cars off today. phenomenal video. that happens when a thunderstorm just completely dies. the air is then sent out and that is what you get in arid regions of the world. 86, the high temperature for us today. nowhere near that 110 that phoenix is supposed to see tomorrow. we've been on the dry side. but i think our chances are going to be bond market coming up. we saw less than .10 inches rain today. chances of rain tomorrow into friday. 78 degrees right now. heat index at 82 degrees with the dew point at 72. still very warm and humid. that's going to be the trend over the next few days. 79 in hagerstown. 73 in culpepper. leonardtown, 73 degrees. not going to see any rain overnight tonight. a slight chance of a shower or two as the frontal boundary to our north begins to make its way down to the south. a couple of showers trying to make their way toward western maryland. that's

mike nicco is here to talk about my favorite new word, haboob. >> haboob is technical name to you.he dust cloud? okay. are you saying sand storm? i'm sorry. i'll have more coffee. 6:49 this morning, hello to you, too, and hello to the golden gate bridge, what we can see of it as the marine layer is back and bringing clouds into our forecast, that cooling trend that is going to be gradual moving in so slowly as you see the clouds doing the same thing. we'll talk about the temperatures. we have a lot of 50s out there. 60s are still combined to the east bay valleys and mountain view and into san jose. as far as around the monterey bay, temperatures in the mid to upper 50s with cloudy conditions also. sunny day this afternoon, we'll see pockets of sunshine along the coast and still be hot, just not quite as hot, mostly cloudy overnight and see that trend continues as the sea breeze gets stronger. coolest afternoons we'll have those over the weekend. today compared to average, cooler and still warmer. one degree, not bad in san francisco, 3 in oakland, san jose 4, napa and livermore, 6

haboob. haboob. >> say it with confidence. haboob. >> haboob. i got it. all right. we'll see isha in a bit. coming up all tonight's breaking news in the casey anthony case. jurors speak out about the not guilty verdict. and anthony's attorney, jose baez, talks about whether the verdict was justice for little caylee. plus we'll take a look at what's next for casey anthony who could be a free woman as early as tomorrow. also tonight, marcia clark. she was the prosecutor from o.j. simpson's murder trial. she says the verdict in the anthony trial, even worse than the o.j. verdict. we'll talk to her coming up. i do believe it's part of a locust. make sure your alignments good. your brakes are good. you've got all sorts different things that you check off. your fluid levels. pretty much everything you could need. it gets done. it gets done quickly. and it gets done correctly. the works fuel saver package, just $29.95 or less after rebate. only at your ford dealer. you're a doctor. you're a car doctor. maybe a car doctor. a network of possibilities. in here, the planned co

this is called a haboob.t's a phenomenon that happens only in arizona, the sahara desert and the parts of the middle east where the land is dry and sandy. a haboob, did we know about this. >>> let's talk to kristy, have you ever heard of this phenomenon? >> i have not heard of a haboob and it is catching my attention every time you say it i'm not goinglie. [ laughter ] >> gorgeous weather in store today, blue already at mount vaca. blue skies already at mount vaca. but in the morning cloud cover, clear inland but lots of clouds around the bay and at the coast, foggy at the coast. warming up this afternoon, high 80s inland. around the bay temperatures in the mid-50s. coast in the 60s. we are going to get sunshine everywhere even at the coast but just a little more cloud cover there. so this area of low pressure that's been keeping us cool that's going to be out the door soon as this high pressure builds in bringing us those warmer temperatures. that's what's been giving us the -- the rest of the country really

. >> big complex of thunderstorms, dust storm that created that haboob. >> i thought you were insuggestsomeone. >> and look it up -- >> check out my facebook page and twitter, and wick can i peed yeah, terry's favorite word, haboob. >> and checks out the bay east bay hills, mount diablo, blow off the tops of those thunderstorms from southern california moving through the central valley nothing falling out of them. let's check out temperatures right now, still running in the mid to upper 50s in the east bay valleys with low to mid-60s around mountain view and los gatos. everybody else in the 50s. around the monterey bay we have a lot of cloud cover and temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. it will be sunny around the bay and inland we'll see eventually i'm going step out. not about me. if it was about me. i would stand right here. becoming mostly cloudy overnight and cooler this weekend. some of the warmest weather 92 in dublin and. >> big spread from 72 at berkeley, 76 in oakland to 85 in union city. down in the south bay, we have mid-80s around sunnyvale to milpitas and in between, we'l

. >> the haboob. thank you. >>> let's check in with julie wright with the latest on traffic. hi julie. >> hey you guys, the crew in sky fox is checking out the incident along 197 at powder mill road. they got to the scene and so far lanes open in either direction. no incidents the report 197 at powder mill. bw parkway looks good from 19en to the beltway. 50 at buoy. looking good. i-95 good to go with no problems reported from the prince william parkway. traffic still moving at speed. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> the space shuttle atlantis is supposed to liftoff in about five hours. >> mother nature though may not cooperate with the plan. we get more now from sherri ly live in green belt. good morning. >> reporter: good morning allison. he has been an integral part of the space shuttle program from helping with the international space station and the hubble telescope and today they will be gathering here for the final launch of the space shuttle. the space shuttle atlantis is on the launch pad at the kennedy space center in florida. it is estimated that a

it shows a haboob, which is an intense sandstorm being driven by 25 and 30-mile per hour winds. phoenix was hit by a similar storm on july 5th. >>> a mysterious death at scotland yard. a new two is in the phone hacking scandal. >>> another warm-up. when we come back, we will hit 90 degrees by thursday. >> residents and seven homes were forced to evacuate after a construction crew ruptured a gas main in oakley today. i camera was rolling as gas spewed from the ground. crews had to cut off service to 11 homes. repairs were completed at 3:00 this afternoon. >>> secretary clinton arrived in india today, a week after a series of deadly bombings in move by preaching is in india for talks on security and counterterrorism peter and eckstadt includes indonesia, hong kong, and china. >>> but didn't phone hacking scandal claimed another career and life. another news reporter was found dead in his home today. today they say that the debt is not suspicious. amy kellogg reports. >> reporter: scotland yard's number 2 was forced to resign. the latest casualty of the phone hacking scandal, less

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it's called a haboob. the storm caused limited visibility and grounded all flights. the national weather service says the dust reached heights of 800 feet. power was knocked out. and thousands were left without power. they were under a severe thunderstorm watch until late last night. >> a few hours ago, the host city was announced for the 018 winter olympic games. >> pea on-- for the 2018 winter olympic games. peapyonchange! [ cheers ] >> >> the effort to move the 49ers to santa clara is one step closer to becoming reality. the clarity council last night approved a procurement process for a stadium near great america. the process will be used to hire subcontractors for about $5 million of contract work. the 49ers have already sold $138 million in luxury receipts -- suites for the not-yet-built stadium. >>> the perjury trial began this morning for roger clemens. he and his wife arrived at the federal courthouse in washington, d.c. prosecutors say clemens lived to congress about using performance- enhancing drugs. the defense said it might call wade boggs and david coh

a storm otherwise known as an haboob. a wind storm like that.iano is in the extreme weather center for us with the other stuff that we've got going on today. heat mainly that we're concerned about. >> no matter what you call that storm, it leaves your car pretty dirty and shuts down traffic that's for sure. i was just counting number of states under a heat advise. >> reporter: or warnings or watches. heat indices over 110 to 120. that's dangerous levels of heat where it doesn't get that hot that often. certainly not for this long. how long will it last? here's tomorrow. 104 the heat index expected for minneapolis. we start to break it down. cool front clips the northern tier and that will move the heat further down to the south and east. and build it into the east as well as we get toward the weekend. new york city area will get into this. severe thunderstorms possible across this part of the world along a stationary boundary and tropical storm bret motoring out to sea. not to worry there. back up to you in new york. >> all right. rob, thank you

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that's the haboob, again. the monument fire is between 98% and 95% contained. and rain in there. >> thanks. >>> tiger woods will miss the next major golf tourney. he says he wants to compete when he's 100%. he believes his best golf years are ahead of him. >>> a lamborghini is fast, baa squirrel may be quicker. oh, yeah. check it out, again. what happened to the squirrel that crossed the road? he missed the lamborghini that could have made him flat. it's the ultimate squirrel experience, if you ask us. many crossed fingers in germany and france. oh, yeah, south korea. they are awaiting the international olympic committee's announcement at the top of the hour on the city that will host the olympic winter games. we are in all the bid cities. paula, let's start with you. >> it's coming up at midnight local time. everyone i have spoke to said they are convinced they will clinch the winter olympics this time around. it's the third time running they have tried to get the winter olympics. twice they have been runner up. they believe it's their turn. president lee put

almost out of a sci-fi movie when this dust cloud also known as a haboob, that's a weather term, it was a mile high and knocked out power and made a huge mess on the downtown phoenix area. very historic dust storm that rolled through last night. the rain and the thunderstorms that produced that are all now by lake havasu city produced flash flooding. significant rain in the interstate 10 area. we've dried it out in the phoenix area. cleanup and dust in people's backyards. just a mess. we could do it again today. odds of seeing something like that again are very slim. we're still in that setup. the big high ridge of high pressure is over north texas. that's keeping some of the humidity on the increase in arizona. once we heat it up today, we'll get more showers and storms late in the afternoon to this evening. phoenix 109 with showers and storms. same forecast for you in tucson. vegas 104. very hot in interior sections of california. beautiful weather here. seattle, i know you like to be a little warmer, but at least a good deal of sunshine. >>> we probably won't see anything like that a

this is called a haboob. it's caused when air is forced downward by a thunderstorm. several communities were under a severe thunderstorm watch until late last night. this morning the faa is warping of flight delays because of low visibility in that area. >>> now that is a large grass fire is out, firefighters are trying to figure out what caused it. the fire burned about 400 acres alongside interstate 580. the news chopper 2 tracked its patrol -- tracked its progress. the fire started at 5:30 but it was fully contained at 8:30 last night. we are told a car fire may have sparked that grass fire. >>> mixed feelings this morning. >> appalled and now i'm angry and i say shame on this jury. >> up next the surprising reaction from a family member following that bomb shell verdict. >>> new audio recordings. the details the moments leading up to that fatal bart shooting in san francisco. >>> good morning, traffic on the golden gate bridge is looking good. but it's foggy. we will tell you more about the fog and how it's effecting your morning commute. [ male announcer ] bring

. >>> it looks like a fog bank but it's actually called a haboob. it blew across arizona.t was a huge dust storm about 50 miles wide. the visibility was so bad the faa stepped in and stopped flights from heading to phoenix for a while yesterday. >>> coming up tonight at 5:00, a sign of the times. the change that could soon come to school history books. >> and think your eating healthy? the misleading labels found on organic food. that and more at 5:00. >>> charlie sheen going to get his replacement on "two and a half men" a little competition. comedy central a show called roast and sheen volunteered to be the subject of a roast the same night ashton kutcher replaces charlie sheen on "two and a half men." sheen was fired this year. >> comedy central says nothing is off limits. >> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

it's known as a haboob. photographer scott wood caught it on camera and sped up the action. and look at this. cnn i reporter ryan walker was taking video of a storm rolling in, all of a sudden he noticed the roof of his house was blown off. no one was hurt but walker got something he may want to show his insurance company. >>> now married's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. >> good morning. happy thursday to you. temperatures right now on the warm side. once again, coming in at around 71 into baltimore. dulles at 72. low 70s in hagerstown and winchester and charlotsville. york at 69 degrees. so, we are looking at moisture content and it's high once again. 69 in baltimore. and that's the dew point so you know when you get over to 65, we are feeling it. we felt it yesterday and the day before and we will continue to do so. 70 in dc and culpepper around 73. the satellite and radar is not picking up on a lot as of now. under mainly clear skies so we will get sunshine. the clouds will start to build in going throughout the day. an

and lynette charles, our meteorologist so smart, told us that is a weather phenom called a haboob. >> science people. >> right. >>> one thing that lynette charles will tell us today, there she is. >> hi. >> give us the smile. now tell butts code orange. -- tell us about the code orange. >> we have the stale air out there. nothing is happening, but i am smiling because the weekend is looking stellar. we are dry but going into the afternoon things will change a little bit like they changed yesterday. stephensville temperatures around 72. we are humid again. no change in that forecast. 93% humidity and the dew point is coming in around 70 as of now. the temperature is across the board cockeysville around 72. dc coming in at 71789 we see lots of 70s. sparrows point around 73 degrees. as we go through the afternoon, that temperature coming in right around 88 degrees. humidity is going to be ticking -- sticking around. 91 as we go into four. it's going to be hot. if we get more sunshine, we are going to be seeing and feeling some hotter temperatures as we go throughout the day. and here's t

check out this incredible time-lapse video of the dust storm known as haboob.hat's when thunderstorms produce down drafts that kick up dry, loose sand creating a wall of dust. winds ripped up trees, tossed around lawn furniture, and caused dangerous driving conditions. it looks like a scene out of a movie. meteorologists estimate the storm is more than a mile high and more than 100 miles wide. >> it looks like something out of a steven spielberg movie, doesn't it? >> it does. >>> coming up, it may sound odd, but one bay area museum wants you to put penguins in your pocket. [ male announcer ] can't get to sleep? can't stay asleep? clinically proven unisom helps you fall asleep faster and stay asleep so you wake rested. unisom. fall asleep faster. sleep longer. >>> ever since the movie "march of the penguins" came out, those adorable little birds have become all the rage. >> they are cute. now the california academy of sciences in san francisco has introduced a new app that will offer you 24/7 live access to its popular colony of african penguins. the app is call

the thunderstorm downdraft crow aid the dust storm known as a haboob.photographer scott wood caught it on camera and sped up the event that engulfed phenetics. >> c. this ni report her ryan walker taking video of a storm rolling in e noticed the -- ncc reporter ryan walker taking video of a storm rolling in. he notesed it -- noticed it and started to record it. >>> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. >>> okay. it's going to be another hot, steamy day and we are going to be dealing with a lot of humidity out there. and maryland's most powerful radar looks dry but going into the afternoon, we have a chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms to pop up in the picture for us. right now, the temperature in the centreville is coming in at around 72. 75 right now in baltimore. so we are very warm. very humid outside and and in annapolis, -- and in annapolis at around 70 degrees. this is what it looks like as of now. we will deal with more humidity and more high temperatures as we go throughout

. >> reporter: this is a legitimate haboob, or dust storm. >> reporter: the giant wall of dust that swept into phoenix was bigger than most, a mile high and packing at least 60 mile per hour winds. >> we thought it was a cloud. then we got into it and it was just black. >> reporter: the dust began to gather near tucson where it hasn't rained in three months. but the time it hit phoenix, it dwarfed the city. larger than anything seen in 100 years. the dust storm is the latest freak weather phenomenon in a string of strange weather events. drought in the southwest has fueled wildfires in three states, but in the western mountains there was so much moisture this winter the snow is still there. a lingering snow pack that hasn't been seen for 15 years. that snow and record rains here in california were caused in large part by la nina, cooler water temperatures in the pacific that change weather patterns. that helps end california's three-year drought. but la nina was followed this spring by a stronger than normal jet stream pattern, creating winds that collided with warm water from the gulf of

now, this is called a haboob, more common in the sarah has desert in the middle east. >>> and no reliefn the middle of the country from a blister heat wave extending from texas to minnesota and the dakotas. temperatures have been over 100 degrees and that is likely to continue all week expanding to the east. already there have been several heat-related deaths in the midwest. >>> no heat wave here in the bay area put we are seeing a warmup and plenty of sunshine by this afternoon. we are clear in some spots around the bay this morning, partly cloudy in others in the inland locations, seeing a little fog out there at the coastline and conditions are pretty mild for the most part, still seeing some 60-degree readings throughout this morning so not too chilly outside. by this afternoon, warming up nicely. temperatures simple floor what we were seeing yesterday, maybe squeezing out a degree or two more in some locations. so inland, mid- to high 80s around the bay. plenty of sunshine, seeing readings in the mid-70s. at the coastline we are actually going to see the sun today. mix of sun and c

. >> reporter: it's a phenomenon called a haboob.hat comes from the arabic word "hab" meaning "wind." it forms after a severe thunderstorm collapses too quickly. rain-cooled air from the storm smashes into the ground with so much momentum it kicks up an enormous amount of dry, loose sand, which ripples outward. >> numerous thunderstorms working together and they all blow down at the end of their life cycle and you can get tremendous, almost biblical in its look. >> reporter: with more thunderstorms in the forecast, again tonight for another taste of the middle east in the southwest. andrea canning, abc news, los angeles. >>> and still ahead on "world news," nancy reagan's milestone birthday. ♪ [ male announcer ] every day, thousands of people are choosing advil. here's one story. my name is lacey calvert and i train professional athletes with yoga. i know how my body should feel. if have any soreness, i'm not going to be able to do my job. but once i take advil, i'm able to finish my day and finish out strong. then when i do try othe

news crews are now calling this kind of storm a haboob how do they think our soldiers feel coming back to arizona and hearing some middle eastern term also quoted in the daring new york times investigative piece is diane robinson of wickenburg arizona she's also a mat she claims of the dust storms interstates are unique herodes excuse me mr weather man who gave you the right to the right to use the word who've been describing our recent dust storm while you may think there are similarities don't forget that in these parts are just as mixed with the whoop of the indians dance the progression of the cattle herd and warning of the rattlesnake as it lifts his head to strike. arizona's just arms are not so unique of a warrant a new media or logic term i'm sorry newsflash to the people of arizona who is of the dust storms that have been plaguing your state are called period end of story big news for decades now you know it's almost like these people are scared by weather and using a middle eastern term to describe a storm that means muslims are going to rush to arizona and start practicing s

another dust storm also known as haboob is currently happening. strong thunderstorms right across phoenix. it's actually producing a lot of downdrafts lifting up a lot of sand in the atmosphere. we'll have some really dramatic video that's coming into us right now. take a look at this as this wall of sand, you know, this dust storm, this cloud about 2 1/2 miles high is completely enveloping phoenix right now. flights have been halted. power is out in many cases for people and if they left their windows open, this is going to be quite a bit of damage and this comes only weeks after they had another dust storm producing millions of dollars in damage. if you do have a flight heading to phoenix, a connecting flight tonight, that is something you want to watch out for. all right. very, very dramatic video there. let's bring you back to weather here in the bay area. what we'll find as we continue throughout the next couple days is some comfortable weather. much warmer than we had this time last week. 80 in san jose. 79 in concord. 69 in san francisco. a

well maybe now though as it does storms or as meteorologists say the haboobs they've been plaguing the state for weeks but the new york times reports of the word who apparently has a few people in arizona upset the who but the term used frequently in the middle east to describe these dust storms and that is apparently a little too much for arizona they do not want local t.v. stations using the foreign word to talk about dust storms several have actually spent minutes maybe even.

. >>> a giant dust storm called a haboob. it sent winds gusting up to 40 miles per hour. >>> two tropical storms are forming, dora and bret, expected to spare the east coast. in the meantime, sweltering weather in the midwest is holding strong and moving east. 20 states have heat advisories in effect today. more from al in just a moment. >>> the illegal practice of robo signing is alive and well in three states according to the associated press. critics say the mortgage industry isn't doing enough to stop workers from forging signatures or signing foreclosure documents without reading them. >>> now heading to wall street, good morning. >> shares of news corp. under pressure as the board calls for rupert murdoch to step aside. a lot depends on rupert's performance in front of parliament. borders is closing its doors, 400 stores will close, we're watching gold soar $50 an ounce. >> melissa francis at the new york stock exchange, thank you. nasa's final "atlantis" departed from the international space station, due back thursday.

they call this a haboob that is when air is forced downward by a thunderstorm. several communities were under a severe thunderstorm watch until late last night because of this. >>> our time is 6:45. here's a quick look at the other top stories we following for you right now. a search continues for the seven missing fishermen. their boat capsized and sank off the coast of mexico. most of them were from the bay area. the coast guard says water temperatures were warm and that is raising hope that more survivors will be found. >>> san francisco police searching for a woman who threw bleach right into the face of another woman and hit her with a bottle. that happened on connecticut avenue. last night richmond city council voted to approve a controversial id card. anyone that has lived in richmond 15 of the last 30 days will quaff. >>> happening now the new directer to of the international monetary fund christine lagarde is holding her first news briefing. today is her second day on the fund. she was appointed for a five- year term after the resignation of dominic str