On Tuesday evening, massive walls of dust rolled through the Phoenix Metropolitan Area, promoting the Arizona Department of Transportation to warn drivers to stay off roads as visibility was heavily impacted.

Just before 7:30 pm local time, the National Weather Service in Phoenix said the dust cloud was blowing into the Phoenix area and would impair visibility.

Local news Fox 10 captured the massive dust storm rolling through the metro area.

TIME LAPSE: Dust storm in Downtown #Phoenix

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Here's another view of the "wall of dust."

https://twitter.com/i/status/1420209048725512192

As for the drought situation in the western half of the country, it's severe and alarming, and lands are transforming into fallow wastelands.

Poster Comment:

OK. But there was a flash flood in Phoenix on the 23rd of July. They have no Organic Mater in their soil (dead roots, old leaves, compost, wood chips). Every additional 1% of OM allows the soil to absorb another 25,000 gallons of water.