'Huge' Dust Devil Tosses Debris in Air

A "huge" dust devil was captured on video swirling through Florence, Alabama, on Thursday, June 5, as https://x.com/NWSHuntsville/status/1930709544055067114 severe storms were expected across the region this weekend. Donna Risner told Storyful the dust devil touched down in her cotton field before sweeping through a barn area, hurling debris "hundreds of feet into the air." According to the https://www.weather.gov/fgz/DustDevil National Weather Service (NWS), dust devils form in "areas of strong surface heating," usually where there are "different surface types, such as asphalt and dirt." Damaging winds and hail were expected on Friday, with a slight chance of a tornado, the https://x.com/NWSHuntsville/status/1930709544055067114 NWS said. (Footage by Donna Risner/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)