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Developed along the boundary headed toward japan. and they are going to welcome that. not because they're getting rain but because they've been so hot that that will allow temperatures to at least cool off over the next several days. of course the heat has moved from beijing, crossing into japan where last week we had the warmest day that we've had in, well, 12 years. beijing hit 41.1 degrees. speaking of china, we're working hard to get this video turned around. a massive haboob across the northwestern part of china will have hopefully picture for you either this hour or the next. >> 'tis the...

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Haboob. 12,000 people lost power and more than 50 power poles were knocked down from heavy winds pap they experienced thunder, lightning and flash floods. >> i would think that you would have experienced a sandstorm. >> i have experienced sand storms. i had no idea they were called that. now i know. >> now you're going to use the word all the time. >> use it all the time. moving on, play begins tomorrow at the u.s. tennis open. we'll tell you all about a group of kids who already know who the tournament's champions are. it's a story of stars giving back.

Sandstorms appear to swallow up entire cities. on the ground, the sky can turn deep red making conditions treacherous. >> you said you've never seen a dust storm. where are you from? >> iersy. >> reporter: what do you think about this? >> we don't get these out there. jersey. >> we get water instead of dust. >> this is mnot my favorite weather. >> reporter: scientists are going inside these monstrous sandstorms known as hab boobs le never before. >> we track the particles. >> reporter: they use wind tunnels to recreate sandstorms following the path of more than 4,000 particles. by following th...

Scientists go back down to a single grain. >> reporter: they are menacing to look at and from the air sand storms can appear to swallow up entire cities. on the ground the sky can turn deep red making conditions treacherous. >> where are you from? >> jersey. >> reporter: what do you think? we don't get these out there. it just rains. we get the wind but we get water instead of dust. >> this is not my favorite weather. >> reporter: now scientists are going inside these monster sand storms also known as hab oos like never before. we consider that particles can collide with each other. >> they us...