A towering wall of dust, known meteorologically as a haboob, swallowed parts of metro Phoenix Monday evening, plunging the city into near-zero visibility and leaving behind downed trees, wind damage and widespread power outages.

A massive dust storm, or haboob, swept across Phoenix on August 25, 2025, reducing visibility to near zero, cutting power to nearly 10,000 customers, and triggering flash flood warnings., US News, Tim

A scary haboob - the name for a dust storm in Arizona- was spotted in Arizona's Maricopa County on Tuesday amid a dust storm warning for multiple areas in the state issued by the NWS. A video of the dust storm was shared on social media.