A tornado and gust front in Jilin Province, China on May 31, 2015. (Newsflare) (Newsflare)
You may have heard of, or experienced, a dust storm known as a haboob, which are common in the Middle East and U.S. Desert Southwest.
What appeared at first to be a haboob in China's Jilin Province on May 31 had something extra. It was rotating.
"It certainly had some significant rotation," said severe weather expert, Dr. Greg Forbes in an internal email. "I suspect it was a tornado with a big gust front; probably not a violent tornado."
"Haboobnado? Whatever it was, it was wild!" said senior meteorologist Stu Ostro.
The storm blew vehicles over and damaged buildings in Tongyu County
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