A massive dust storm sweeps across Arizona, grounding flights at Sky Harbor International Airport:: Phoenix, Arizona:: Melissa Levick:: The U.S. weather service called the storm a 'haboob', common in the Southwest during summerLocal media reported over 200 flights leaving the airport were delayed as of 9:30 p.

A scary haboob - the name for a dust storm in Arizona- was spotted in Arizona's Maricopa County on Tuesday amid a dust storm warning for multiple areas in the state issued by the NWS. A video of the dust storm was shared on social media.

A towering wall of dust has rolled through Phoenix, Arizona with storms that left tens of thousands of people without power and temporarily grounded flights at the city's airport. About 39,000 people were without power in Arizona, most of whom were in Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix, according to PowerOutage.us.