Phoenix, dust storm
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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 dust beginning to cover the metro area of the city.
The slow-moving cloud — known as a haboob — hit parts of Phoenix and Arizona City, 60 miles to the southeast, late Monday afternoon, at one point leaving 15,000 energy customers in the dark. The number still without power Tuesday morning was more than 5,000, according to Poweroutage.us, mostly in Maricopa County.
A video released by Nebraska officials shows the moment a powerful storm tore off the roof of a state penitentiary Saturday. The storm caused extensive damage to two housing units at the Nebraska ...
Video shows a tidal storm surge enveloping homes along North Carolina's coast as Hurricane Erin moved through the Atlantic Ocean, gaining momentum. Aerial footage shot using a drone in the state's Outer Banks on Tuesday, Aug. 19, shows waves slamming into raised, colorful beach houses along the shore, the storm's deluge creeping its way inland.
The National Hurricane Center warned that roads in the low-lying barrier islands may become impassable, with waves as high as 20 feet crashing ashore. The heavy surf is likely to result in significant beach erosion, it said in its 8 a.m. EDT update.