Londoners dive out of the way of ‘dust devil’ barreling through park

Craig Munro | Senior Politics Reporter Published August 10, 2026 2:27pm Updated August 10, 2026 2:27pm To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video So-called ‘dust devils’ may be most familiar to people from old Western movies, where a twisting cloud of

Usually only seen in desert climates, the vortex phenomenon has been spotted in English fields and parks this summer

Footage captured in London's Greenwich Park on Sunday showed the moment a small whirlwind swirled around people.

The ‘dust-devil’ resembled a scene out of the Wizard of Oz as it ripped through the Royal Park