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 ...

A fierce dust storm, known as a haboob, slammed the Phoenix metropolitan area Monday, bringing dark skies and power outages to tens of thousands of residents. The haboob arrived late in the afternoon ...

A giant cloud of dust known as a haboob swallowed up the Phoenix area and was quickly followed by a monsoon that left thousands without power and flights grounded the evening of Aug. 25. Photos and ...

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

The American Meteorological Society's Glossary of Meteorology defines a haboob as... An intense sand storm or dust storm caused by strong winds, with sand and/or dust often lofted to heights as high ...

Parts of central Arizona were engulfed by a towering wall of dust on Monday evening — producing dramatic scenes that sent shockwaves far beyond the Grand Canyon state. " It was larger and it went ...

The skies over Phoenix darkened quickly and ferociously after a towering wall of dust plunged the metro area into near-zero visibility Monday night. Known as a haboob, the dust storm was created from ...

Called a haboob, the dust was accompanied by rain and wind that left thousands without power and caused delays at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Michael Nied has been a digital news editor ...