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On Monday, 25 August, a major dust storm rolled over Phoenix, Arizona affected the visibility and travel situation. This timeleps were captured by @Arizonachef and shows the cloud of dust roaming in the houses.
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A huge dust thunderstorm, known as a Habob, overtook many people without electricity, grounding flights and blind drivers on Monday.
While the dust storms are common in Arizona during the monsoon season, they can strike on a moment notice. Monday’s dust wall occurred late afternoon and in the evening before the rain.
A National Weather Service Dust Storm Warning was effective for the valley till 5:45 pm local time.
Alert shared by Nicole Crusian of Fox 10 Phoenix on X, “Be prepared for a sudden decline for zero visibility.” “Pull aside, stay alive!”
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This photo provided by the city of Phoenix shows a large cloud of dust at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Monday, August 25, 2025. (Phoenix City)
Any person driving during the dust storm is urged by the authorities to pull away from the road, put their vehicles in the park, stop their lights and keep their legs away from the brake so that other drivers do not follow them.
Berna Boyquin Hitsman told Associated Press, “If I keep my hand out, I could not see my hand in my hand.” She was running her children from school in Arizona City, which is about 60 miles south -east from Phoenix, when it was a hit.
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A huge dust storm reaches the Phoenix Metro region as a monsoon storm in Phoenix on Monday, August 25, 2025 dust the dust in the air. (Ross de. Franklin)
“I was nervous,” he said. “My children were really, really scared, so I was trying to become brave for them.”
Flights at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport were temporarily grounded as the storm rolled through the storm, and some disadvantages occurred to a terminal roof.
Heather Shelbrac, Deputy Aviation Director at the airport, said, “Crew is identifying the leaks and trying to clean the water, where it has been collected in passenger areas.”
More than 15,000 people lost electricity, most of the Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix, according to PowerOutage.us.
Phoenix at sunset, a view of the Arizona horizon. (Lightvision, LLC)
Phoenix has been drought more than normal during the monsoon season, while parts of South-East and North-Central Arizona have received a proper amount of rainfall, with the national weather service in Phoenix, Meteorologist Mark O’Mali told AP.
“But it is specific to a monsoon, very hit and miss,” he said.
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The forecast for the metro phoenix on Tuesday asks 40% of the rainfall on Tuesday before drying up, O’Mali said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
