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Haboob Sweeps Phoenix as Flights Resume and Power Outages Linger

Forecasters report an irregular monsoon pattern with a 40% chance of rain Tuesday.

Una gigantesca nube de polvo se aproxima al área metropolitana de Phoenix debido a una tormenta monzónica que levanta el polvo, el lunes 25 de agosto de 2025. (AP Foto/Ross D. Franklin)
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Overview

  • A fast-moving dust wall reduced visibility to about a quarter-mile across the metro area before conditions improved Monday night.
  • PowerOutage.us reported roughly 39,000 customers without electricity in Arizona, mostly in Maricopa County, with outages persisting into the evening.
  • Phoenix Sky Harbor temporarily grounded planes for extreme weather and later restored departures with 15–30 minute delays, plus a small number of cancellations and diversions.
  • Officials noted downed trees and dark traffic signals in communities such as Gilbert as storms disrupted infrastructure and travel.
  • The National Weather Service issued dust-storm alerts for cities including Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa and Tempe, and ADOT urged drivers to pull off the road if caught in a dust storm.