Phoenix, Arizona – A timelapse video recorded by Melissa Levick shows a haboob, an enormous dust storm, surging toward and consuming a residential neighborhood on August 25, 2025.

The storm, sparked by monsoon thunderstorms, generated winds reaching 70 mph and reduced visibility to zero. Power outages struck more than 135,000 customers across the city.

At Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, flights were suspended as debris from a terminal roof scattered across the tarmac.

The violent storm reflects a wider pattern of extreme weather battering the Southwest, echoing recent dust storms that disrupted Burning Man in Nevada.

In the footage, the scene shifts swiftly from clear skies to an overwhelming wall of dust, demonstrating the storm’s ferocity and speed.

Melissa Levick described the moment, saying, “Now you see it [desert], now you don’t. Survived our first Arizona Haboob!”

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