Haboob swept through capital, rattling homes, terrifying drivers and leaving tens of thousands without power

Phoenix, Arizona was blanketed with a thick wall of dust that darkened the skies and knocked out power to thousands as a major monsoon hit the area Monday night.

Watch as a ‘haboob’ dust storm rolls over Arizona, plunging the city of Phoenix into near-zero visibility. Time-lapse footage from Monday (25 August) shows a towering wall of…