PHOENIX — Crews cleaned up downed trees and got power mostly restored for thousands of people Tuesday after a powerful dust storm roared through the Phoenix area.

The wall of dust towering hundreds of feet (meters) high dwarfed the city’s neighborhoods. Called a haboob, the wind-driven phenomenon blackened skies and knocked out electricity for 15,000 customers late Monday afternoon.

Drenching rain followed. Flights came to a halt at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, where material from a terminal roof blew onto the tarmac.

But by Tuesday afternoon things were mostly back to normal, with only about 100 people still without power in Maricopa County and only minor flight delays reported.

Workers were tracking down and cleaning up leaks in the airport, said Heather Shelbrack, deput

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