Sultanate of Oman | Unusual scenes of a tornado that topples lighting poles in the Wilayat of Ja'alan

Weather of Arabia - Sinan Khalaf - The Wilayat of Ja'alan Bani Bu Ali witnessed this afternoon, Saturday 4-22-2023, a rare meteorological phenomenon, which is one of the types of tornadoes (with a low classification), and it is a phenomenon that occurs with severe thunderclouds and is represented by a column of air that rotates violently and It touches the earth's surface, and the movement of the upward winds inside the thundercloud is so violent that it rotates in a spiral shape.

The formation of this unusual phenomenon in the atmosphere of the Sultanate comes as a result; The presence of high humidity and instability in the atmosphere and the intensity of upward convection currents, as well as the so-called shear current. Experts at the Arab Weather Center confirmed that the atmosphere has very high amounts of moisture as a result of the influx of water vapor with tropical characteristics from the south.

The clips show the force of the hurricane, which toppled a number of lighting poles, and damaged a number of estates and farms in the area.

We leave you with these scenes: