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A dust storm from the Great Salt Lake reached Utah County last Saturday, obscuring visibility.

Ben Abbott and Kevin Perry emphasize the need for more dust monitoring infrastructure.

The Department of Environmental Quality is working on expanding monitors into "dust hot spots."

Editor's note : This article is published through the Great Salt Lake Collaborative , a solutions journalism initiative that partners news, education and media organizations to help inform people about the plight of the Great Salt Lake.

PROVO — Ben Abbott was out for a mountain bike ride when he saw the dust storm.

He pulled out his phone and took video of Saturday's storm that blew into the Provo-Orem area. Buildings were obscured in the dust being carried by strong winds.

"It was rush hour,

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