A powerful storm kicked up a towering wall of dust that rolled through Phoenix, Arizona, on Monday, darkening the sky, blinding drivers, knocking out power and grounding flights at one of the nation’s ...

Sarah Lynch Baldwin is a deputy managing editor of CBSNews.com. She helps lead national and breaking news coverage and shapes editorial workflows. A massive wall of dust — called a haboob — hit the ...

Dust storms are nothing new to Arizona, a state that sees the massive walls of dust roll in every year. In the past month, the Phoenix area saw two major storms, causing flight cancellations, damaged ...

PHOENIX — Crews cleaned up downed trees and got power mostly restored for thousands of people Tuesday after a powerful dust storm roared through the Phoenix area. The wall of dust towering hundreds of ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — There is an experimental ranking system, called the Phoenix Dust Storm Scale, that a panel of experts has been working on. The categories go from 1 to 5, with 5 being the ...

This year's Burning Man festival began with a dust storm and ended with news of a suspected homicide. The nine-day festival, which wrapped up on Monday, once again made headlines after attendees ...

For anyone wondering whether intense dust storms, such as the haboob that enveloped Phoenix this week, are possible in Southern California, the answer is yes. They’ve hit in the recent past and are a ...

Massive walls of dust and debris called haboobs that roll through the U.S. Southwest can be awe-inspiring and terrifying, especially for motorists caught in their path. Thunderstorms spawn the ...

Massive walls of dust and debris called haboobs that roll through the U.S. Southwest can be awe-inspiring and terrifying, especially for motorists caught in their path. Thunderstorms spawn the ...

The season for strong storms came late. This week, it has led to travel delays, a snarled start to Burning Man and a recharged waterfall in Yosemite. By Amy Graff Amy Graff is a San Francisco-based ...

A dust storm warning was issued by the National Weather Service in Tucson at 2:34 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 4. This warning applies to Pinal County. The National Weather Service warns: "Motorists should ...