one A powerful storm kicks up a towering wall of dust that passes through the city PhoenixArizona on Monday turned the sky darkened, blinded drivers, phased out electricity, and damaged one of the busiest airports in the United States.
Sandstorms, known as haboob, are pushed by wind and are produced by weather fronts or thunderstorms. It usually occurs in flat and arid areas. The storm comes from the southeast, followed by heavy rain, wind and lightning.
Bernae Boykin Hitesman Arizona The city, about 60 miles (95 kilometers) southeast of Phoenix.
She had to stop quickly when the storm swallowed her car. “If I put my hands outside, I can’t see my hands in front of my face,” she said.
Boykin Hitesman said she could taste the dust and feel the strong wind rattle on her car until it finally passed about 15 minutes later.
“I’m nervous,” she said. “My kids are really scared, so I’m trying to be brave for them.”
Richard Filley, a retired university professor who lives in Gilbert, said the dust storm swayed the trees and knocked down the bird feeder. He said fine dust entered his house through “every little crack and space.”
“The storm part, I’m glad it’s gone,” he said. “You look at the pictures of Haboobs, they’re a spectacular natural phenomenon. They’re a little beautiful in their own way.”
Heavy rain and wind follow Haboob on Monday, postponing flights Phoenix Tiangang International Airport has caused some losses to the airport.
“Securities have been identifying the leak and trying to clean up the water collected by passengers,” Heather Shelbrack, the airport’s deputy director of public relations, said in an email.
Thousands of customers in Maricopa County have lost their power.
During the monsoon season, Phoenix is drier than usual, while parts of the southeast and north-central are partly southeast and north-central. Arizona There is a lot of rainfall, said Mark O’Malley, a meteorologist with the Phoenix National Weather Service.
“But this is typical for the monsoon and very popular,” he said.
O’Malley said the forecast for Metropolitan Phoenix requires drying before 40% rainfall on Tuesday.
A few days after the burning of People’s Day in the Nevada desert was hit by dust storms and strong winds.
Footages shared by participants on social media Show strong winds, dust storm and Collapsed tent.
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