Tornado over Soweto

Was there lots of damage? On the photo it doesn’t look that destructive.
 
Are calling that harmless dustdevil a tornado ??? We have the end of the dry season and those are a normal occurrence. Did you see the dust storm they had in Bloem?
 
Land spouts are weak tornadoes. But not all of them are really as weak and can cause damage as we've seen in the past. It's just not as frequent as central USA. SA all the way from the Karroo up to Noord Transvaal does get twisters some times and had dust storms years ago.
 
When I noticed it it was nicely defined and had a debris cloud along the bottom. But yeah - best described as a Land Spout.
But even that would cause havoc if it landed in a squatter camp.
By the time I could turn off and stop - it had started to dissipate.
One of those times I wish my phone had a decent zoom lens.

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