PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A wall of dust moved through the Valley Sunday night, causing power outages, traffic delays, and flight groundings at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.
Residents in the West Valley and Phoenix metro area were engulfed by a large orange dust plume that led to low visibility and created dangerous driving conditions.
The Avondale and Goodyear areas were under a Dust Storm Warning issued by the National Weather Service in Phoenix on Sunday. Other areas included I-10, I-17 and US-60 near Phoenix and Mesa.
The dust storm also grounded flights at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport due to the poor visibility. More than 80 flights were either delayed, canceled, or diverted at the Phoenix airport.
Winds were blowing up to 40 miles per hour, according to the National Weather Service.
After the storm moved through, thousands of Salt River Project customers in the Avondale area and near San Tan Valley lost power Sunday night.
AZ Family’s weather forecast shows an active week of monsoon thunderstorms in the Valley and across the state.
Dust storms are among the most dangerous hazards of a monsoon.
The National Weather Service cautions against driving in a dust storm, as they can limit visibility to near zero. It advises drivers to pull off the road and stop, turn off their lights and take their foot off the brake.
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