Towering wall of dust rolls through metro Phoenix, leaving tens of thousands without power
PhoenIX (AP) – A dust wall rising from Metro Phoenix on Monday, with storms that leave tens of thousands of people weak and temporarily grounded at the city airport.
In Arizona, approximately 39,000 people were weak, most of which containing Phoenix in Maricopa district, Poweroutage.us.
The drivers hurriedly hurled from strong winds and rain as the dust storm, which is commonly called a Habeboob approached. Habeboobs are associated with collapsing storms and strong winds, and the roads can make driving almost impossible.
Bernae Boykin Hitesman, Monday afternoon, about 59 miles (95 kilometers) of Phoenix, when the dust storm car swallowed rapidly, when it had to withdraw, his son and 11 years of age continued his 11 -year -old son and 11.
Im If I put my hand out, I couldn’t see my hand in front of my face, ”he said. “It was so bad.”
Boykin Hitesman said he could taste the dust and finally feel the strong wind clogging his car until it lasts about 15 minutes.
“I was nervous,” he said. “My children were really scared, so I was trying to be brave for them.”
Hoboob reduced the visibility of a quarter miles at Metro Phoenix, but was cleared on Monday evening. Mark O’Malley, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Phoenix, was dried in the Southeast and North-Middle Arizona in a fair amount during the Summer Rain Season.
“But this is typical for a monsoon, very hits and I miss it,” he said.
O’Malley said Metro Phoenix’s prediction wanted a 40% chance of rain on Tuesday before drying.
In an article on the Social Platform X, the Ministry of Transportation of the Arizona wrote that people should not enter the dust storm, “But if you are on the road when you hit, pull aside, stay alive!”
Heather Shelfrack, Deputy Public Relations Director of the Airport, said that the planes at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport were temporarily grounded due to “excessive weather”. Until Monday evening, flights were delayed about 15 to 30 minutes.
According to the police department of the city, traffic lights also came out in Gilbert and the storm has overturned the trees in the city.
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Golden Seattle was reported. Associated Press writer Felicia Fonseca contributed to reporting from Flagstaff.
