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| An Austrailian guy ran into this strong dust devil just because. (Although the whole video might be fake, you never know with the Internet) |
A guy in a viral video from Australia supposedly ran into a large dust devil just so he could take a selfie in the whirlwind.
Dust devils are generally much, much weaker than tornadoes. Usually, they're caused by strong sun heating the ground, causing updrafts. Sometimes a light wind will set the updraft spining, and you get a dust devil.
They're much smaller scale than tornadoes and winds in dust devils are almost always not enough to cause much damage.
But sometimes, they get strong and can cause damage or at least create danger. In rare cases they can have winds of over 70 mph.
And the dust devil this guy runs into looks pretty strong. A disclaimer though: This video might be fake. It was uploaded by the same guy who uploaded another viral video of somebody supposedly fighting off a shark in the Sydney, Australia harbor.
Yeah, I'm suspicious.
But whether the video is fake or not, I'll use this as a public service announcement: Dust devils are fun, and you can probably run into one and be OK. But be careful with the strong ones. They can hurt you.
You can watch in the video below:
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