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Today's dust storm activity is strongest over the Big Bend region of Texas, and northeast Chihuahua in Mexico.

Smoke plumes from several fires in Chihuahua and south-central Texas are also visible.

https://app.watchduty.org/i/43930

"Emergency personnel were juggling road closures due to dust storms and high winds—San Augustin Pass, just east of Las Cruces, reported a gust at 93 mph.

US Highway 54 was briefly closed from the southern Otero County line near El Paso to the northern Otero County and Lincoln County lines due to high winds, blowing dust and vehicle wrecks. Crews could be heard over the radio leaving an accident on Highway 54 to head towards the Mayhill-area fire.

The Otero County Electric Cooperative (OCEC) reported dozens of outages affecting thousands of customers from Timberon to Carrizozo. Line crews are working on restoring power to the affected areas."

https://www.cloudcroftreader.com/p/gail-fire-near-mayhill-new-mexico