skyline, including a busy i-10 in the foreground. but just before the haboob reaches the highway, he makes a mad dash for safety. >> when the dust storm hit, i had jumped in my car and it was instantaneous blackout. i'd never been in a dust storm that turned the lights out that fast before. >> incredibly, the historic haboob on july 5th rolls through the city without a single death reported. this doctor credits phoenix residents for observing proper haboob protocol. >> it might have been due to the warning that the national weather service put out about this. but one of the nice things about this particular storm was there were very few injuries that were associated with it. people were able to do the things they were supposed to do. pull off to the side of the road, turn their lights off and take their feet off the brake. >> the city doesn't escape completely unscathed. the dense storm leaves thousands without electricity after blowing down multiple power poles. >> power just went out.