A powerful "haboob" dust storm has caused a multi-vehicle pileup on a California highway, authorities said on Wednesday. A haboob, a dust storm carried by the wind of a weather front that typically occurs in flat areas, swept across a California highway near Chowchilla Monday afternoon.

An intense dust storm swept though central California and led to a several car pileup on a highway Monday afternoon, authorities said. Several people were sent to the hospital with minor injuries after a rolling dust cloud reduced visibility pummeled through State Route 152 in Madera County.