Highlights
- More than 50,000 customers lost power Sunday evening when a monsoon storm hit Glendale with wind gusts exceeding 50 mph.
- Residents along 51st Avenue, including seniors at Palm Shadows, spent over 15 hours without electricity as indoor temperatures reached 104 degrees.
- Arizona Public Service crews responded immediately after the storm and remained on scene Monday to repair split power poles and severed utility lines.
- More monsoon storms are possible, raising fresh concerns about vulnerable residents who depend on medical equipment.
More than 50,000 APS customers in Glendale lost power Sunday evening when a monsoon storm rolled through the area around 8 p.m., bringing heavy rain and wind gusts exceeding 50 mph that split power poles in half and severed utility lines across the Valley, Arizona's Family reported. Many residents spent over 15 hours without electricity in blistering heat.
Along 51st Avenue, neighbors at the Palm Shadows senior community were outside Monday picking up debris. Resident Alana May said indoor temperatures climbed to dangerous levels during the outage. "104 degrees it got to this afternoon," May told Arizona's Family. "I started noticing my breathing was getting different. I was getting short of breath and stuff."
May and neighbor Brenda Manz both described the storm's sudden violence. Manz said she did not immediately realize the extent of the damage to her home. May said her thoughts turned to medically vulnerable neighbors: "there were probably people in this park that are on oxygen and stuff. And what do you do then?"
Utility crews from Arizona Public Service responded once the storm passed and remained on scene Monday to repair the extensive damage. The outage was corroborated by FOX 10 Phoenix, 12News, and ABC15, all of which tracked widespread damage across Glendale and Avondale.
With more monsoon storms possible in the coming days, residents are watching for whether APS accelerates repairs to the most exposed sections of the grid.
Sources
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- AZ Family (3TV/CBS5) retrieved 11/08/2026 04:45
- Fox 10 Phoenix retrieved 11/08/2026 04:45
- 12News retrieved 11/08/2026 04:45
- ABC15 Arizona retrieved 11/08/2026 04:45
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