Saturday 13 August 2022 02:55 PM Weather gets even crazier as DUST DEVIL sweeps across field after firefighters ... trends now
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As temperatures continue to soar, a rare dust devil has been filmed sweeping through a field after firefighters put out a wildfire.
The freak weather phenomenon was captured by fire crews after the grass fire in a country field in Brandon, County Durham on Thursday afternoon.
County Durham & Darlington Fire and Rescue Service tweeted the footage on their account @cddfrs with the caption: 'Here's something you don't see everyday! This is a dust devil from a wildfire in Brandon this afternoon.
'Dust devils form when a pocket of hot air near the surface rises quickly through cooler air above it, forming an updraft. Some may say it is out of this whirl! #HereAllWeek.'
The rare weather event usually occurs in deserts or arid landscapes where hot and dry conditions prevail- and is not often seen in Britain.
In the clip, the twister kicked up debris into the air as it swept across the barren field.
In the clip, the twister kicked up debris into the air as it swept across the barren field in Brandon, County Durham
Firefighters filmed the clip after tackling the grass fire. The rare weather event usually occurs in deserts or arid landscapes where hot and dry conditions prevail- and is not often seen in Britain
County Durham & Darlington Fire and Rescue Service tweeted the footage on their account @cddfrs with the caption: 'Here's something you don't see everyday! This is a dust devil from a wildfire in Brandon this afternoon'
People were amazed by the clip, with one person describing it as 'very impressive' and others remarking on the climate emergency
Responding to the clip, one person wrote: 'Well, that's another one to tick off on my 'stuff that we didn't expect to see already in 2022 #ClimateChaos bingo card'.
