{"id":176633,"date":"2025-08-26T09:16:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T09:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/176633\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T09:16:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T09:16:11","slug":"haboob-sweeps-across-phoenix-knocking-out-power-to-thousands-causing-travel-chaos-in-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/176633\/","title":{"rendered":"Haboob sweeps across Phoenix knocking out power to thousands causing travel chaos in Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_1_url\" class=\"video-link\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/hlexa4s9ugbmq9ue.jpg\" alt=\"An incredible time lapse video shows a powerful dust storm, known as a haboob, sweeping across Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Arizona on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025.\" width=\"992\" height=\"558\"\/><\/a>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\">An incredible time lapse video shows a powerful dust storm, known as a haboob, sweeping across Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Arizona on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><strong>PHOENIX &#8211; <\/strong>An epic dust storm, known as a <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/learn\/what-is-a-haboob-its-just-dust-in-the-wind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">haboob<\/a>, swept across the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/arizona\/phoenix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Phoenix<\/a> area in <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/arizona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Arizona<\/a> on Monday, knocking out power to thousands of utility customers and causing <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">travel<\/a> chaos as damaging <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/wind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">winds<\/a> ripped across the region.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The intense situation began to unfold on Monday as <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/monsoon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">monsoon<\/a> storms rolled across portions of Arizona, producing heavy rain and <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/thunderstorms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">thunderstorms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/how-to-watch-fox-weather-on-tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_10_url\" class=\"video-link\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tuvl4jxliyubc0xm.jpg\" alt=\"A massive dust storm, known as a haboob, swept through the Phoenix area on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025.\" width=\"992\" height=\"558\"\/><\/a>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\">A massive dust storm, known as a haboob, swept through the Phoenix area on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">According to the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/arizona\/gilbert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gilbert<\/a> Police Department, the powerful storms knocked down trees and power lines, leading to officials asking people to avoid travel until crews could clear debris from the roadways.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;If you must travel, please drive with caution as we are working diligently to restore lights and clear roadways,&#8221; police <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_12\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GilbertPolice\/status\/1960152554966540475\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said in a post on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/learn\/what-is-a-haboob-its-just-dust-in-the-wind\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>WHAT IS A HABOOB?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_14_url\" class=\"video-link\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/yul09r9urcaowaa9.jpg\" alt=\"A dramatic time lapse video shows a massive dust storm, known as a haboob, sweeping across Tempe, Arizona, on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025.\" width=\"992\" height=\"558\"\/><\/a>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\">A dramatic time lapse video shows a massive dust storm, known as a haboob, sweeping across Tempe, Arizona, on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The dust storm also led to travel problems at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, with officials issuing a ground stop for flights arriving and departing for <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_15\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">safety<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">That ground stop has since been lifted.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Refresh this page and download the free <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_16\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">FOX Weather app<\/a> for updates on this developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An incredible time lapse video shows a powerful dust storm, known as a haboob, sweeping across Phoenix Sky&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":176634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-176633","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-phoenix","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115094315791728518","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}