Planes grounded, visibility reduced as massive dust storm hits Arizona

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A massive dust storm, known as a “haboob,” swept across Arizona’s Pinal County on Monday, August 25, clogging skies and reducing visibility. The National Weather Service warned drivers to pull over if conditions worsened. Haboobs are common during the Southwest’s summer monsoon season, triggered when thunderstorm downdrafts lift loose desert sand into towering walls of dust that spread far beyond the storm itself.

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00:00And more news coming in. Let's get you more details of what's happening as far as Arizona is concerned.

00:05It's a major dust storm sweeping through Arizona.

00:09Dust storm was seen clogging. The sky is over Arizona's Penelope County area.

00:15This happened two days ago.

00:17The National Weather Service has described the dust storm as a haboob

00:22and urged drivers to pull over if they encountered poor driving conditions.

00:27Take a look at these pictures, in fact, coming in from the U.S.

00:30Haboob Suterra viewers frequently occur during the summer monsoon season in south to west United States.

00:37These are pictures coming in clearly from an airport where you see these planes are stranded right there.

00:42They happen when thunderstorms produce downdrafts that kick up dry, loose sand on the desert floor,

00:49creating a wall of dust that travels outwards, spanning a much larger area than the thunderstorm itself.

00:56It's what weather experts say.

01:04Pictures are from Arizona at this point in time, as you can see.

01:08It's a very moment when a massive dust storm surged through Arizona in the U.S.

01:13It's a scary haboob dust storm they were reporting on, slamming Arizona's Phoenix area.

01:18It's seen wild pictures coming in of the dust storm hitting this region.

01:25It's covered central Arizona in dust.

01:30It's a dust storm approaching the Phoenix metro area, is what we're learning,

01:35as the monsoon storm pushes the dust into the air.

01:38Engulfed by a towering tall wall of dust, I beg your pardon, producing dramatic scenes there,

01:45sending shockwaves far beyond the Grand Canyon state.

01:49Large, it went through a metropolitan area, gaining a fair amount of attention there.

01:56There's pictures coming in from Arizona.

01:58The storm weakened is what we're learning at this point in time,

02:05as it moved through central, north-central Arizona, and lasted for one hour or so.

02:13Skies were clocked, and all of these planes were grounded in Arizona.

02:18A boob is used to describe any wind-driven sunstorm or dust storm in arid or semi-arid regions.

02:28They've been observed in various countries.

02:31These are pictures coming in from Arizona at this point in time.

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