You couldn't see farther than 50 feet in front of you if you were in the middle of this dust storm, and forget about taking off if you had a flight at Phoenix's main airport.

A towering wall of dust, known meteorologically as a haboob, swallowed parts of metro Phoenix Monday evening, plunging the city into near-zero visibility and leaving behind downed trees, wind damage and widespread power outages.

Dust storm, known meteorologically as haboob, reduced visibility to near-zero, and 112.7 kilometers per hour winds tore apart connector bridge at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, reports media - Anadolu Aj