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ARTICLE VIEW:
Haboob slams Phoenix with a towering wall of dust, causing damage,
airport delays and power outages
By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman and CNN's Sarah Dewberry, Taylor
Romine, Hanna Park, CNN
Updated:
11:14 AM EDT, Tue August 26, 2025
Source: CNN
A towering wall of dust, known meteorologically as a , swallowed parts
of metro Phoenix Monday evening, plunging the city into near-zero
visibility.
The dust storm was quickly followed by severe thunderstorms that tore
through the city, leaving behind downed trees, wind damage and
widespread power outages. At Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, a connector
bridge was shredded by 70 mph wind gusts.
The National Weather Service in Phoenix issued both dust storm and
severe thunderstorm warnings as the system pushed into Maricopa County
Monday evening. The weather service warned drivers of dangerously low
visibility and urged people to “.”
The Arizona Department of Transportation echoed that warning, saying
there was significantly reduced visibility on and due to the dust storm
and flooding on roadways, urging drivers to proceed with caution.
After the storms swept through, more than 60,000 customers in Arizona
were left without power, with the majority of outages concentrated in
Maricopa County, according to .
For about an hour, the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport had a
ground stop preventing any planes from leaving or landing as a cloud of
dust seemed ready to swallow up the facility. The airport was
experiencing up to 30 minute delays late Monday night while crews
assessed any damage or roof leaks, airport spokesperson Gregory E.
Roybal said.
In Gilbert, Arizona – about 22 miles southeast of Phoenix – there
are “traffic light outages and downed trees across town,” , urging
residents to avoid travel due to dangerous conditions.
Dust storms are nothing new in Arizona’s monsoon season, but this
storm packed extra punch. A thunderstorm collapsed, and its winds
blasted outward, scooping up desert soil and building it into a rolling
wall of dust. These walls can climb thousands of feet high and stretch
for miles, cutting off the horizon in seconds, similar to a blizzard in
winter.
You can see a haboob’s wall of dust coming from a distance but by the
time it reaches you, it’s too late to seek shelter – especially if
you’re behind the wheel of a vehicle. It’s nearly impossible to see
more than a few feet in front of you in the worst of these storms as
the dust chokes out light.
The haboob in Phoenix comes after a weekend dust storm in Nevada blew
through , an annual arts gathering in Black Rock City, about 120 miles
from Reno.
As attendees began arriving at the remote desert location Saturday,
strong thunderstorm winds kicked up a dust plume, closing access roads
and sending vendors scrambling to secure their tents.
“We had to take our sign down. We weren’t expecting that,” vendor
Mike Chuda told . “The wind was in such a perfect angle that it was
bending our booth forward. So that was pretty wild.”
The Southwest monsoon pattern isn’t quite done yet and neither is the
triple-digit heat. Phoenix picked up just under a quarter inch of rain
with these storms Monday, and the area has a continued chance of
thunderstorms Tuesday into Wednesday before the threat eases for the
latter half of the week. The heat will build throughout the week, but
dry air will limit the potential for late-week thunderstorms.
This story has been updated with additional information.
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