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.

One mother told how the dust storm affected visibility so much she could not see her hand in front of her face.

A major dust storm that rolled over Phoenix, Arizona, on Monday, August 25, impacted visibility and travel conditions. This timelapse was captured by @arizonachef and shows the cloud of dust moving over homes.