Dust Devil wreaks havoc on Sayla Highway: Toting overturns truck like a toy, eyewitnesses say - never seen such a scene, it felt like it was made of clay

It must have been around 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3. Vehicles were running at full speed on the Ahmedabad-Rajkot highway. At this time, a strange incident was witnessed in Sayla diocese of Surendranagar district. There was a hurricane here. Everything that came his way was uprooted. After the incident, Divya Bhaskar's team reached Sayla diocese for a ground report. Those who witnessed the incident got information about what they felt, what was the situation at that time and how much damage was done. Such scenes are usually seen in foreign countries. It's called a tornado. What was seen in the Sayla diocese was also called a tornado, while others called it a tornado. Meteorologists call this the Dust Devil. For a moment, it seemed like everything was there and it wasn't going to be over The intensity of this dust devil was such that the petrol pump-hotel was severely damaged. The wall of the gas cylinder godown was uprooted. A tank with a capacity of 5,000 litres of water was blown up. One could not see beyond 10-20 meters. For a moment, it seemed that nature was angry and would change everything. Toting overturned the truck like a toy The storm was so severe that it overturned a truck parked near Sayla, shattered the windshield of some cars and caused extensive damage in and around Sayla for more than 10 kilometers. The disaster did not stop here. Heavy rains accompanied by lightning strikes and large hailstorms brought the lives of the people to a standstill. There is a lot of talk about this storm in the surrounding villages. You must have seen different videos of this incident in the news and social media. The whirlwind had passed past the Ramdev Hotel, about three kilometres from Sayla village, so we spoke to its owner, Merubhai Rabari. Car windshield shattered, wall collapsed Merubhai said to Divya Bhaskar, "There was a legal whirlwind here. At this time, when I reached out of my hotel with my car, this whirlwind passed right in front of my eyes. These were horrific scenes as the sheets of the petrol pump next to us were also blown off. The intensity was blown away by the car Describing the horror of the tornado, he further said, "I was trying to get out of the car but the force of the tornado was so strong that I blew the car away. There was nothing to be seen. It passed within 10 feet of our hotel. In the meantime, a truck was also overturned. The car that was parked here was also thrown 20-20 feet away. The incident is still being discussed among the people around. Those who have seen this, only God has seen it. 'I saw the truck overturn in front of my eyes' Kanabhai Mori, a resident of Thoriyali village, owns a hotel on the highway. He saw the truck overturn in front of his eyes. "The tornado passed past my hotel for 15-20 seconds," he says. This has damaged the hotel. Seeing such scenes, the people who were in the hotel at the time tried to escape. We sent them to the hotel inside. The stones flew away He further said that the stones were flying. Some people have been stoned. The truck parked near the petrol pump overturned in front of our eyes. After the storm passed, we reached the truck and rescued the driver and took him to the hospital. Large hailstorms: Eyewitnesses Due to the storm, the wall of a gas agency collapsed and caused heavy damage. Manish Parmar, who works in a gas agency, told Divya Bhaskar, "There was a storm before. After which it started raining with lightning. We used to work in the office inside. When I came out, it was a whirlwind. We thought everything would calm down in a few minutes, but that didn't happen. It started raining heavily and huge hailstorms started falling. 'It felt like clay makeup' There was a shaking sensation due to the tornado and everything was dusty. ''We were going to close the door of the office but we couldn't close it due to the intensity of the storm,'' he said. The glass inside the office was shattered. The iron grills were broken. It was as if we had made clay makeup. We sat for a while. When the rain subsided, I opened the door of the office and found that the wall of our godown had collapsed. We were shocked to see this. The windshield of our car was broken. Trees and electric poles had fallen. Giriraj Makwana lives in Mota Madad village. At the time of the storm, he took a video on his mobile from a distance. Giving a picture of that time, he says that suddenly the atmosphere changed and darkness descended. As we climbed onto the terrace, a storm was approaching from Sudamda. At first, we thought it was normal, but this turned out to be something different. The tornado stopped between a petrol pump and a hotel, about three kilometres from Sayla. 'At first, I thought a missile was coming' Giriraj Makwana has never seen such gruesome sights before. "Initially, we thought it looked like a missile, but soon we realised that it was a whirlwind. We realised the horror of it. At that time, most of the people came to see outside the house, but after seeing the horror of it, they went back to the house. The whirlwind is still a topic of discussion The storm is still a topic of discussion in the surrounding villages. "After seeing the video, I got calls from my friends and relatives living in other cities. The small children in my house were scared. It was unimaginable that the tornado went in with the clouds. The Rajkot-Ahmedabad national highway was halted for about half an hour when the storm hit. The whirlwind was visible from a distance of 30 to 40 kilometers. Destruction of fitness centre ahead of inauguration Mahendra Sonagra of Sayla was to start a vehicle fitness centre here. We were planning to inaugurate the centre around the 8th, but nature would have planned something different. The Cyclone Strike Centre has been severely damaged. Now it will not be able to operate the centre in the near future. He told Divya Bhaskar, "I was from Surendranagar. The security from the site called me and informed me about the incident. I told them to go to a safe place. I had come to my site from Surendranagar and saw how much damage had been done. The water tank was blown away The tank at the centre with a capacity of 5,000 litres of water was half full. Which was blown away in a whirlwind. "We were searching for the tank but the tank was lying upside down on a pillar 500 metres away from here. It seemed that the whirlwind had started from the side of our centre. Many people have been harmed. The gas warehouse has been damaged. Looking at the petrol pump, it seems that the whole map has changed. This was an eyewitness story, but it is also important to know what the meteorologist thinks about the event. Divya Bhaskar is a meteorologist. Information about this was obtained from Mehul Vasani. Dr. Vasani said a weather-related incident was witnessed on the Chotila to Sayla highway. People are naming it in their own way. Some call it a tornado, some call it a dust storm. Often, such a dust devil-like situation occurs. Such incidents are more common in dry regions: Meteorologist Explaining the reason behind the incident, he said, "This is especially common in dry areas. As the ground heats up, the warm air moves higher and the cooler air comes down and changes its position. Due to which a ring is formed from the ground to the top. When hot and cold air circulates, there is low pressure in the centre. Whatever object or particles that come in between, they rotate from the bottom to the top due to more force. This creates a whirlwind from the ground up. Visibility is reduced at the time of such an event. In the midst of the changing mood of the weather, this unexpected disaster in the Sayla diocese has not only caused huge financial losses but has also left an unforgettable fear in the minds of the eyewitnesses.