The fierce sandstorms interfered severely with the sensors, making more precise readings impossible.

The Administration also wants to avoid fighting during the fierce sandstorms that begin in March and the intense heat of spring.

It was a difficult journey by camel across the desert and they were faced with fierce sandstorms, before taking to boats to navigate the Nile.

There were frequent fierce sandstorms that are so abrasive that the bones, once they are bared, don't last very long.

It was still light and we could see the downwash of the rotors kicking up a fierce sandstorm as the helicopter took off.

Blizzards and fierce sandstorms occur in the interior deserts and on the coastal sand deltas.

He told of sandstorms so fierce you can't see your hand in front of your face.

A fierce sandstorm in the winter of 1332 buried the site and much of the surrounding area.

These winds are warm in summer, and it is they which in the desert of Hami bring the fierce sandstorms or burans.

The Marine Corps said today that the Huey apparently crashed because of mechanical problems during a fierce sandstorm.