Climate entity
extreme-weather is the sole category represented across all 1 tracked stories. Phoenix metropolitan area is most often covered alongside Arizona State University, which appears in 1 of these 1 story. Source depth averages 3 original sources per story, versus 2.3 across the same-window beat baseline.
Last mentioned: Aug 12, 2026
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extreme-weather is the sole category represented across all 1 tracked stories. Phoenix metropolitan area is most often covered alongside Arizona State University, which appears in 1 of these 1 story. Source depth averages 3 original sources per story, versus 2.3 across the same-window beat baseline. The 5 average consequence score is below the beat benchmark of 5.2 in the same window. Phoenix metropolitan area appears in 1 tracked Climate story from August 12, 2026.
Computed from the 1 stories linked to this entity, with beat comparisons drawn from all 27 Climate stories published in the same date window. Shares are omitted below five stories and comparisons below a twenty-story baseline.
Coverage cohort
Other entities that clear the same relevance threshold in stories also covering Phoenix metropolitan area. Shared-story counts are live from our verified record — not editorial picks.
Second Category 5 haboob hits three days later
Another extreme dust storm rolls in before dawn, again reaching Category 5 severity with visibility down to 0.5 mile and similar wind speeds.
First Category 5 haboob strikes Phoenix
An intense haboob hits the Phoenix area during the early morning hours, reducing visibility to half a mile and producing winds of 50 mph.
Two Category 5 dust storms enveloped Phoenix in a single week, an event with no precedent in 16 years of records. Scientists link the rare intensity to prolonged drought and warn that climate change is increasing the odds of such back-to-back extremes.
Source: winnipegfreepress.com · local10.com
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