A mini-tornado shakes the Chastrois scout camp in Houffalize

This Tuesday, between 5 pm and 6 pm, scouts of Chastre, in camp at Taverneux (Houffalize), in the province of Luxembourg, observed a meteorological phenomenon for the least uncommon. "
                     I suddenly saw a mbad of air that began to spin around our mast. And then some grbad, some pieces of plastic began to fly … Suddenly, this kind of dust swirl went to one of the tents. The latter started to swell. I saw mattresses go up in the air …
                    Explained one of the Scouts on the spot.

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                     Everything was very fast, says a second scout. This tornado lasted 15 – 20 seconds. One of us wanted to go inside, but he was "ejected". At the moment, we were all a little impressed. But, we quickly recovered. And we had a nice evening anyway.
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The chiefs, who camped a little further, did not have time to do much either. "
                     We first heard a noise
                    , says Antoine Vandamme, scout leader. There we saw the tornado move from the mast to the tent. When this happened, we started running near the Scouts, but when we got there, it was already over.
                    

Fortunately, no one was hurt in the adventure and the camp did not have to be canceled. The evening of this Tuesday devoted to totemizations was able to proceed as planned.

According to Denis Collard, meteorologist, it is rather a devil of dust. A phenomenon that occurs when the weather is very dry, with very hot temperatures.

N.HN