Startling images show the dust storm that passed from Madera through Fresno to Bakersfield and caused a highway pileup on Monday.

A rare and dangerous dust storm, known as a haboob, swept through California’s Central Valley Monday afternoon, leading to a multi-vehicle pileup on California 99 and power outages affecting 15,000 Fresno County residents.

The storm system brought rain and snow to Northern and Central California, and as the main rain band moved across the southern Central Valley, winds picked up. The Monday storm ma