Terrifying moment wall of SAND engulfs city as storm hits
8 April 2019 |
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/770688/Sandstorm-hits-town-video-Rajasthan-India
A GIGANTIC sand cloud has been filmed engulfing a city during a huge storm.
Video footage shows a wall of sand shutting out the sunlight as it grows high into the sky.
The threatening rolling cloud blanketed buildings in the city of Churu in Rajasthan, India, yesterday.
A frightened witness stood on an overlooking balcony, captured the terrifying event.
His video shows the cloud spanning miles either side of him and filling the sky above.
The city becomes hidden among the storm as the sky becomes coloured with brown sand.
The imminent cloud of sand is rapidly travelling towards the man.
Locals said the city was covered in the thick cloud of dust after a sand storm blew in from the desert.
Rain and thundershowers followed after the storm.
A local source said: "Panicked residents watched the cloud of dust swallowing the entire city gradually.
"Most of them also took out their mobile phones and filmed the rare incident from their terraces.
"The storm is said to have originated in the nearby Thar desert which brought along the dust and sand along with the wind.
BLANKET: The rolling cloud of sand blanketed the city (Pic: SWNS)
"Most of them also took out their mobile phones and filmed the rare incident from their terraces.
"The storm is said to have originated in the nearby Thar desert which brought along the dust and sand along with the wind.
"Although no loss of lives was lost in the incident, a minor loss of property took place due to the sweeping winds.
"It also caused a major power outage in the region as the powers were shut down fearing live cables would injure people on the streets."