You couldn't see farther than 50 feet in front of you if you were in the middle of this dust storm, and forget about taking off if you had a flight at Phoenix's main airport.

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 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.