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WATCH: Massive ‘Dustnado’ Forms in Australia

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GETTY 121814 Australia?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1418925523933iStock/Thinkstock(SYDNEY) — A “dustnado” was captured on tape Thursday in Australia.

Video taken from a vehicle and posted online shows the swirl rising into the air, in the shape of a tornado, near Brisbane.

Dustnadoes, sometimes called dirt devils or gustnadoes, are a weather phenomenon common in desert areas, and happen when wind lifts loose dirt or sand into a vortex.


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