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Haboob slams Phoenix with a towering wall of dust, causing damage, airport delays and power outages

A towering wall of dust, known meteorologically as a haboob, swallowed parts of metro Phoenix Monday evening, plunging the ...

Dust storm engulfs Arizona, leaving thousands without power and grounding flights

The slow-moving cloud — known as a haboob — hit parts of Phoenix and Arizona City, 60 miles to the southeast, late Monday ...
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Was Phoenix's big storm a monsoon or a haboob? An ASU professor explains the difference

After a very slow start to this year’s monsoon season, metro Phoenix has finally seen some storms this week — including a big ...

Towering wall of dust engulfs Arizona, leaving thousands without power and flights grounded

A haboob is a dust storm pushed by the wind produced by a weather front or thunderstorm and typically occurs in flat, arid ...

Mileslong Dust Storm Halts Flights and Cuts Power in Arizona: 'Couldn’t See My Hand in Front of My Face'

Phoenix and other cities in Arizona were affected by a dramatic dust storm called a haboob on Monday, Aug. 25. The storm was ...

Huge haboob threatened their wedding plans. How an Arizona coffee shop saved the day

An Arizona couple was expecting to celebrate their wedding when a massive dust storm hit metro Phoenix. A local shop owner ...

August 26: Tracking Beautiful Fall Temps, A Giant Haboob In AZ, The Tropics And More

This may be “too soon” for most of you, but parts of the Great Lakes as far south as Ann Arbor, Michigan, dipped into the 30s ...