[Faline]

After the floods, tornadoes, wildfires and crippling blizzards that have ravaged the U.S. this year, an enormous wave of dust rolling in and erasing an entire city would not have been a welcome sight.
But the massive dust storm - as awesome and apocalyptic as it looks - proved little more than an inconvenience to the residents of Phoenix, Arizona, as it bore down upon them yesterday afternoon.
The dust storm, or 'habub' as it is often known, is a regular feature of the U.S. state's 'monsoon' season, which lasts until the end of September.

Apocalyptic: The giant dust storm engulfs Phoenix, Arizona, and appears to be causing fires and destruction in its path. But it is merely the reflection of street lights - the storm is little more than an inconvenience:


Dwarfed by nature: The high-rise buildings of the city are humbled by the massive dust storm, which is a regular feature of Arizona's monsoon season from now until the end of September. Even so, this is a larger-than-normal storm:


Awesome sight: The storm, also known as a habub, brings choking dust and strong winds along with it. Tuesday's storm grounded flights in and out of the area, brought down trees and cut power to thousands of residents and businesses:


Thick clouds of dust, borne on strong winds, reduce visibility and ground flights in the area, but do little more damage than causing a clean-up headache for local residents.
Tuesday evening's storm delayed flights in and out of Sky Harbor and Deer Valley airports, while high winds toppled trees and caused power cuts to thousands of homes and businesses in the valley.
A wall of dust that towered over skyscrapers downtown swept across the desert from the south, and local news stations reported that it appeared to be up to 50 miles wide in some spots. The dust cloud briefly blanketed downtown Phoenix at around nightfall.

The National Weather Service says strong winds with gusts of more than 60mph rapidly moved the dust cloud northwest through Phoenix and the cities of Avondale, Tempe and Scottsdale. More than a dozen communities in the area also were placed under a severe thunderstorm watch until 11pm.
More than 8,000 residents were left without power, although most had power restored by later that evening.
The Arizona Republic reported winds also downed live wires in Tempe that sparked a fire at a busy intersection, but firefighters were able to quickly extinguish the blaze.
The Federal Aviation Administration said on its website that because of low visibility in the area, no Phoenix-bound flights were allowed to leave Las Vegas or Los Angeles airports until 9pm, and flights at the airport were grounded for about an hour.

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[bdjackass318]

awesme post! that thing was huge!

[Viking64]

What the fuck is happening to this country? I'm moving to Syria or Lybia where it's safe!!!

[Faline]

Originally Posted by Viking64 ↗

What the fuck is happening to this country? I'm moving to Syria or Lybia where it's safe!!!

yeah right

[PornFlakesAkaGee]

Originally Posted by Viking64 ↗

What the fuck is happening to this country? I'm moving to Syria or Lybia where it's safe!!!

[shinsgirl]

It would scare the hell out of me to see that coming. I understand it's basically just an inconvenience but damn... That bitch was huge.

[Chaoshiw]

i live in tucson az and the storm that hit here was bad also but nothing like that.

[FrancisWyvern]

Was at the starbucks near work when it hit, so surreal. Not able to see anything but haze a car length ahead of you. Middle of Mesa,AZ.

[PinkFG2_K20]

I live in Phoenix and we get these every summer during the monsoon season. My car was a big ball of dust this morning lol They look awesome though rolling in

[Zodiak]

Strange