A towering mud cloud induced havoc in Arizona on Monday, grounding flights and leaving hundreds with out energy.
The slow-moving cloud — generally known as a haboob — hit components of Phoenix and Arizona Metropolis, 60 miles to the southeast, late Monday afternoon, at one level leaving 15,000 vitality prospects at nighttime. The quantity nonetheless with out energy Tuesday morning was greater than 5,000 based on Poweroutage.us, principally in Maricopa County.
Movies posted to social media confirmed complete neighborhoods engulfed in darkness because the mud storm rolled by. One video shot from a passing airplane confirmed the sheer lengthen of the cloud, stretching for miles into the space.
