Las Vegas dust storm triggers chaos: Power lines down; 27,000 hit by outage

Las Vegas faced widespread disruption on Tuesday as strong winds and a dust storm damaged around 50 power poles, leaving tens of thousands without electricity. NV Energy reported over 6,000 customers still without power by 1 am, despite restoring service to 14,000 others. A dust storm warning was issued for central Clark County, with downed power lines forcing road closures.