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    A huge dust storm has hit the US city of Phoenix in Arizona on Tuesday, blocking visibility and closing the state's largest airport.

    Dramatic footage shows the 30-mile wide storm sweeping over the city.

    The large sandstorms - also known as haboobs - are common in the south-west of the country between May and September due to the high temperatures and low moisture in desert areas.

    However, this one came with sustained winds of up to 70mph, which whipped up masses of ground dust and dirt.

    The blinding storm forced the temporary closure of the Sky Harbour Airport in the city.

    Drivers unable to see where they were going also had to pull off the major roads for safety reasons.

     

    82 comments

    • JayJay  •  10 months ago
      Impressive storm but why do the adverts they always stick on the front of these news items last nearly as long as the items themselves. For the record, they actually put me off buying the product out of sheer annoyance. Any comments there folks!
      • Paul 10 months ago
        Agreed, never buying carlsberg again!
      • Berts 10 months ago
        Agreed, I always boycott irritating companies lol, especially those that have an elevated volume level during the ads between tv programs !
      • Tyrus K1dd 10 months ago
        wingin lil gaylord
    • helen  •  10 months ago
      I agree with you jayjay, I make a point of NOT buying from companies with annoying ads!
      • orlando 10 months ago
        helen, your a f_ucking tool
      • orlando 10 months ago
        helen, your a f_ucking tool
    • kev  •  10 months ago
      Use adblock and firefox,then you'll never see the ads.
    • Mr.Underhill  •  10 months ago
      WOW! Amazing footage. Mother nature in all her glory, beautiful yet frightening, awesome but deadly. Unstoppable, powerful.
      • Tyrus K1dd 10 months ago
        shuuuut uuuuuuuuup u ponce
      • Mr.Underhill 10 months ago
        @#$% hell, i've seen some ugly mothers in my time but you are the ugliest. I'd keep my trap shut if i were you, don'twant to draw too much attention to yourself.
      • Christian 10 months ago
        Chezza, why dont you spend some of your benefit money to buy a dictionnary, you might find out that they are many other words than the limited vocabulary of yours, get yourself a book of manners as well. How knows, one day you might even find a job!
    • JOBOD  •  10 months ago
      OY! (My friends in Arizona will recognise this greeting!)
      I used to have Vacations in Scottsdale, and have experienced those duststorms, although not quite like this one!
      The only good thing to come out of it was that fact that your Car Wash people would give you a 'rain check' and re-do your car for free, if it had been washed within 24 hours before.
      Mind you, wish I could go out there again and meet all my wonderful friends - my age & heath won't permit Travel Insurance anymore!!!!
      • Artist 10 months ago
        Never mind the travel insurance and worries Jobod! You do what you want and feel to do! We only have one life and it ends for all of us, how sad to regret the things we wanted to do but didn't from fear or beaurocracy (sp?). Truth is, our existence can change at any given moment, from accidents, or wars or natural disasters or god-knows-what. Do what you desire to do while you have that ability as it could be snatched away tomorrow!
      • Artist 10 months ago
        Never mind the travel insurance and worries Jobod! You do what you want and feel to do! We only have one life and it ends for all of us, how sad to regret the things we wanted to do but didn't from fear or beaurocracy (sp?). Truth is, our existence can change at any given moment, from accidents, or wars or natural disasters or god-knows-what. Do what you desire to do while you have that ability as it could be snatched away tomorrow!
    • ArcAngel Mike  •  10 months ago
      anythin that needed sand blasting before a respray stick it outside lol, serious note mother nature is a callingggg
    • Frog-Keeper  •  10 months ago
      This is still the UK, isn't it? SO why are we getting wind speeds in kilometres (mis-pronounced as usual as 'ki-lom-etres) and not miles per hour. It is getting as bad as the BBC!
      • Will 10 months ago
        We're using the Metric System for the last 30 odd years, some body over slept......
      • joey 10 months ago
        ..."k��-��l��-m��-t��r" is the generally accepted pronounciation of the word (see Oxford English Dictionary or Merriam Webster). pronouncing it any other way makes you sound like a douchebag. do you actually practice being a douchebag or does it come naturally?
      • Duc de Richleau 10 months ago
        Joey, in French it is Kilo-metre. the correct Anglicisation is Kilo-metre.
        And there was no need to be abusive towards Frog Keeper
        (particularly when HE was right).
    • Non  •  10 months ago
      THE RAPTURE IS COMING!!! RUN FOR THE HILLS!!!
    • kissukgoodbye  •  10 months ago
      It's better a sandstorm than the sh**storm hitting the uk at the moment, Sandstorms will dissipate but we have sh**storms almost daily.
    • Sandpot  •  10 months ago
      Glad I don't live there.
    • me  •  10 months ago
      where is Mr Sheen when you need him.
    • George  •  10 months ago
      More beans vicar?
    • Sybil  •  10 months ago
      A dust tsunami, great! What's next?
    • crazymadwriter.com  •  10 months ago
      It was quite obviously very bad. However, it's not as bad as having to live in the EU.
    • J R  •  10 months ago
      Pity everyone who had just washed their car or cleaned their windows! Amazing photos though.
    • JULIA  •  10 months ago
      One day America will wake up and say 'they told us so' .The extreme weather they are having over the past few years is due to them consuming fuel like its a cheap never ending product , its coming to @#$% them on the bum now and will get worse.
    • peter  •  10 months ago
      I find it hard to feel any pity for a race of people riddled with neurosis and prepared to kill countless people to further their own interests.
    • William Broadie  •  10 months ago
      i bet the poor people caught up in this disaster did not find it exciting at all you tiny sack of sh.it.
    • Celia  •  10 months ago
      As a 5 yr resident of Phoenix, this is the worst dust storm I've seen, but it's no worse than the tornadoes that I had to deal with in Kansas or the earthquakes in California. Summers are hotter than he11 but the mild winters make it worth it. On the other hand, I'd move back to England in an instant if I could! Best time to visit here is October thru March, especially if you're a golfer!
    • DarkAngelAlliance  •  10 months ago
      @#$%, who'd have thought this could happen in a desert
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