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.

Nathaniel found himself in a predicament: he could either rush to the nearest indoor spot or stay where he was and capture the looming natural event. He chose the latter! "I filmed an incoming dust storm in California,

A video from Tulare, California, shows the dust storm moving into the area, forming a large wall of dust before it overtakes a parking lot.