A monsoon storm is that captivating, capricious girl your mother said would lead you on and then dump you. But you didn't care.

Even though valley fever is not caused by dust storms, the storms still come with a plethora of health risks. Health issues like asthma and other respiratory diseases can worsen from the inhalation of dust particles during a storm.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, these storms can whip up walls of dust as high as 10,000 feet.

Severe flash flooding hit Arizona, after an extreme storm dropped up to 2 inches of rain and flooded the normally dry Mojave Desert region. The storm brought heavy rain and hail, overwhelming severeal nearby towns including Bullhead City,

Haboob is an Arabic word for a violent dust storm or sandstorm. Haboobs form when cold downdrafts from thunderstorms slam into the hot desert floor, spreading out in all directions. A looming haboob is often the first visible sign that a monsoon storm is approaching.

Did you know the Desert Southwest can have impacts from tropical storms? Tropical storms remaining intact over Arizona, southeast California, or New Mexico are extremely rare, but the "ghost" of these can often be major flood generators in the desert.

The slow-moving cloud — known as a haboob — hit parts of Phoenix and Arizona City, 60 miles to the southeast, late Monday afternoon, at one point leaving 15,000 energy customers in the dark. The number still without power Tuesday morning was more than 5,000, according to Poweroutage.us, mostly in Maricopa County.

Residents of Yuma and Imperial counties can expect another hot day Thursday, with high temperatures near 105 degrees in some areas. While the lower deserts will remain mostly dry, the atmosphere is beginning to shift,