--- description: Truly incredible amounts of sand. title: Watch this Dust Storm Overrun Phoenix image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt932fc87e012cfdb4/69869d5ed0b6f2860330576b/ap652974895367.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch this Dust Storm Overrun Phoenix by [Bijan Stephen](/author/bijan-stephen/) ## Bijan Stephen Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 27, 2014 8:12 PM CUT  This image made from video provided by ABC15.com shows a massive dust storm over Phoenix Arizona Friday July 25, 2014\. The storm covered the Phoenix metropolitan area causing poor visibility and tough driving conditions. (AP Photo/ABC15.com) This image made from video provided by ABC15.com shows a massive dust storm over Phoenix Arizona Friday July 25, 2014\. The storm covered the Phoenix metropolitan area causing poor visibility and tough driving conditions. (AP Photo/ABC15.com)AP—AP by [Bijan Stephen](/author/bijan-stephen/) ## Bijan Stephen Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 27, 2014 8:12 PM CUT Nice weather we’re having, isn’t it? ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3043140/watch-this-dust-storm-overrun-phoenix/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3043140/watch-this-dust-storm-overrun-phoenix/"},"headline":"Watch this Dust Storm Overrun Phoenix","datePublished":"2014-07-27T20:12:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:57.048Z","description":"Probably the most sand you'll see outside of a beach","url":"https://time.com/3043140/watch-this-dust-storm-overrun-phoenix/","keywords":["Newsfeed","weather","Phoenix"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt932fc87e012cfdb4/69869d5ed0b6f2860330576b/ap652974895367.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Bijan Stephen","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/bijan-stephen/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt932fc87e012cfdb4/69869d5ed0b6f2860330576b/ap652974895367.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Phoenix Dust Storm","caption":"Phoenix Dust Storm","creditText":"AP—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3043140/watch-this-dust-storm-overrun-phoenix/","name":"Watch this Dust Storm Overrun Phoenix"}}]}] ```