The mini-tornado-looking swirl was spotted in Middletown, Virginia, with video showing a column of rotating air stretching ...

Over the weekend, a colossal dust devil spun to life in the Texas heat, rapidly growing and hurling a towering column of dirt and debris into the air, much to the shock of nearby onlookers.

According to weather officials, dust devils are more likely to form under dry and clear conditions. They are typically harmless, but can cause minor damage if they are strong enough. Dust devils ...

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Most dust devils are small in size and short-lived, typically lasting a few minutes and reaching no more than 100 feet in height. While this is true for some, it is not true for all. According to ...

But one thing's for sure about these freakish alien dust devils: You're definitely not in Kansas if you see them. More like 140 million miles over the rainbow in space. Though scientists have long ...

A large, whirling dust devil caught one Iowa man's attention Wednesday. Matt Woods was driving down a gravel road in Boone County when he spotted the dirt-filled funnel whipping across a farm field.

The dust devil blew through the area and uprooted a ... a minor injury and was headed to the hospital to get a cut on her nose checked out. The ceremony was quickly canceled.

Here's a list of tornado-related words, for everyone who has ever wondered what a gustnado or dust devil is. Derecho: Not a tornado but a type of severe weather, a derecho is a widespread ...

But as any Grand Canyon State native knows, these aren't mini tornadoes. They're dust devils, an Arizona weather wonder. "Those can be pretty small," Isaac Smith, meteorologist with the National ...

If it weren’t Arizona, one might think they were looking at a tornado. As a dust devil towered near Casa Grande, Arizona, on Easter Sunday, Amy Lujan captured a mesmerizing video. It showed the ...