Damaging Monsoon Storm Blows Through Phoenix

Tens of thousands of Phoenix-area residents and businesses, including a food bank, were without power more than 15 hours after a monsoon storm knocked down trees, damaged buildings and toppled a tractor-trailer on a freeway. The area’s two major utilities reported that 37,800 customers still had no electricity late Tuesday morning — down from 70,000 immediately after Monday evening’s storm. The severe weather began moving through the area around sundown and swept across central Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe with lightning, winds of up to 65 mph and up to 1.5 inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service.