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Jordan King is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her current focus is on religion, health, food safety and population. She has covered the persecution of religions in the global south, fertility and birth rate issues around the world, multiple disease outbreaks in the U.S. and ongoing vaccination discourse. Jordan joined Newsweek in 2024 from The Evening Standard and had previously worked at Metro.co.uk, she has background in international human-interest stories and is a graduate of Kingston University, in London. You can get in touch with Jordan by emailing j.king@newsweek.com. Languages: English.

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A huge dust storm rolled through Phoenix on Monday, leaving thousands without power and grounding flights.

At one point, the storm cut visibility to just a quarter-mile in metro Phoenix. Mother Bernae Boykin Hitesman was driving her son and daughter home from school on Monday afternoon when she had to pull over.

“I couldn’t see my hand in front of my face if I put my hand outside,” she told the Associated Press. “It was that bad.”

Visibility had cleared up by Monday evening but more than 15,000 people were still without power by then, the AP reported.

This number has gone down significantly overnight, with just under 4,000 in Arizona still without power as of Tuesday morning, according to poweroutage.us.

This is a developing story – more to follow.

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A giant dust storm approaches the Phoenix metro area as a monsoon storm pushes the dust into the air, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Phoenix.
A giant dust storm approaches the Phoenix metro area as a monsoon storm pushes the dust into the air, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Phoenix.
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