Haboob Guinea. Haboobs in Australia may be frequently associated with cold fronts. The deserts of Central Australia, especially near Alice Springs, are particularly prone to haboobs, with sand and debris reaching several kilometers into the sky and leaving up to of sand in the haboob's path. As with haboobs in the Middle East, haboob occurrences in North America are often created by the collapse of a thunderstorm. This is a local or mesoscale event, and at times of extreme drought they can originate in agricultural regions. Some of the most famous dust storms of the Dust Bowl and similar conditions later
Desert County, Utah Territory counties. For records of Desert County in what is present-day Nevada, see: For records of Desert County in what is present-day Utah, see: Desert County, Utah Territory When Desert County, Utah Territory was created March 3, 1852 it extended into present-day Nevada from the shore of the Great Salt Lake on the east to the western edge of the Great Basin in California between Weber and Tooele counties in Utah Territory. On January 5, 1856 Desert County was reduced significantly, and former Desert County land in present-day Nevada was used to form part of three new Utah Territory counties: Carson,