A towering mud cloud brought about havoc in Arizona on Monday, grounding flights and leaving hundreds with out energy.
The slow-moving cloud — generally known as a haboob — hit components of Phoenix and Arizona Metropolis, 60 miles to the southeast, late Monday afternoon, at one level leaving 15,000 power prospects in the dead of night. The quantity nonetheless with out energy Tuesday morning was greater than 5,000 in line with Poweroutage.us, principally in Maricopa County.
Movies posted to social media confirmed total neighborhoods engulfed in darkness because the mud storm rolled by. One video shot from a passing aircraft confirmed the sheer prolong of the cloud, stretching for miles into the space.
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