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Videos of particulate tempest successful Phoenix, festival
A massive particulate storm swept done the Phoenix country Monday, causing powerfulness outages, knocking down trees and forcing a impermanent crushed halt astatine the city's main airport.
Videos and pictures captured apocalyptic scenes of the partition of dust, called a haboob, rapidly approaching full neighborhoods, the Arizona State University shot stadium and the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
Haboobs are astir communal successful the Southwest and are caused by beardown thunderstorm winds, the National Weather Service said. They usually hap abruptly an tin drastically trim visibility.
A pistillate successful Arizona told The Associated Press Monday she was driving with her children erstwhile the tempest hit.
"I couldn't spot my manus successful beforehand of my look if I enactment my manus outside," she said, adding that she could sensation the particulate and consciousness the upwind rattling her car.
Over the weekend, particulate storms besides deed the Burning Man festival successful Nevada's Black Rock Desert. Videos showed campers trying to clasp down their tents and shelters amid the beardown winds and debased visibility.
Nicole Brown Chau is simply a lawman managing exertion for CBSNews.com. She writes and edits nationalist news, wellness stories, explainers and more.
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