A towering wall of dust rolled through metro Phoenix on Monday.

Storms left thousands of people without power and temporarily grounded flights at the city airport.

Bernae Boykin Hitesman had an up close view of the storm, which suddenly covered her car while she was picking up her children from school in Arizona City.

The sand-colored dust surrounded the car, leaving her temporarily unable to see anything beyond the vehicle's windows.

PowerOutage.us says about 39,000 people were without power Monday in Arizona.

Most of the outages were in Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix.

Time-lapse video provided by the City of Phoenix shows the massive cloud of dust roll in from the distance and suddenly cover buildings and highways.

The type of dust storm affecting the area is commonly referred to a haboob, associated with collapsing thunderstorms and strong winds.

Motorists hurried home through strong winds and rain as the dust storm approached.

A spokesperson for Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport says planes were temporarily grounded. The ground stop had been lifted by Monday evening.