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March 6, 2012 - 2:46 pm

High winds and dust rolled through the Las Vegas Valley on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, obscuring the skyline and sending pedestrians scurrying for cover. The National Weather Service is predicting 70-80 mph wind gusts tin the Valley through Wednesday morning.

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