Climate risk · Rationale

Dust storm

Storm characterised by strong winds lifting and transporting large quantities of dust or sand, which can damage crops, bury fields, reduce visibility, and degrade air quality and soils.

Definition source: IPCC AR6 WGI Ch.6: Dust

Synonyms

sandstorm, aeolian dust event

Broader

Storm

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

CRK_120 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_120
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_120)