A dramatic video showing a storm in Phoenix, the capital of Arizona, rapidly escalating from light rain to nearly zero visibility conditions, has gone viral on TikTok.
The clip, shared by user @itsriiriii on October 14, has amassed more than 2 million views, drawing widespread attention for its startling display of how quickly Arizona’s monsoon storms can intensify. Text overlaid on the video reads: “Just watch how the storm goes crazy in like 10 seconds … 0 to 100 real quick.”
Captured from inside a venue overlooking a Phoenix intersection, the footage begins with steady rainfall and darkened skies. Within seconds, gusting winds sweep across the scene, bending tree branches as sheets of rain begin blowing horizontally…