Hainan is experiencing a "dust storm"! A tornado rolls up a giant dust pillar about 20 meters high. Dust tornado | ground | dust pillar
Around 14:00 on July 11th
Appearing in the Yangpu Ancient Salt Field area of Danzhou City
Dust storm weather
The "dust tornado" visually measures about 20 meters high
Diameter 5-10 meters
Overall in earthy yellow color
![Hainan is experiencing a "dust storm"! A tornado rolls up a giant dust pillar about 20 meters high. Dust tornado | ground | dust pillar](https://a5qu.com/upload/images/fbb041b7955ad3cf18e39d6087e534e4.jpg)
Accompanied by a large amount of smoke and dust flying on site
According to the video captured by witnesses, when the "dust tornado" occurred, a large amount of dust was swept up from the ground by the whirlwind, forming a huge pillar of dust that rushed straight into the sky from the ground, looking very shocking.
According to experts from the Danzhou Meteorological Bureau, "dust tornado" is a small cyclone formed near the surface atmosphere due to uneven heating and heating on the surface. Usually, the diameter is within 10 meters, the height is between tens of meters and tens of meters, and the duration is usually several minutes. It is more common on dry and hot ground.
Experts remind that although the natural phenomenon of "dust tornadoes" is only one word different from "tornadoes", its formation principle and scope of influence are very different, and it usually does not have the harmful effects of the latter. Citizens do not need to panic.