Force of nature: Behold the mighty microburst

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One farmer has captured an unusually good video of a severe microburst — a massive shaft of cold air that plunges to the Earth — in a thunderstorm in outback Queensland.

The footage filmed on Sunday by Peter Thompson, shows the weather event that looks like a giant ball of water falling from the sky.

Post by Peter Thompson.

The intense downward wind of a microburst can reach the speed of a hurricane. The microburst covers an area of less than 4 kilometres with intense winds that can last from two to five minutes, according to the American Meteorology Society, making capturing them not as common as its occurrence. Read more...

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