'Moment of urgency' for London as climate change threatens capital's treasured parks

Royal Parks chief warns of ‘moment of urgency’ following driest July on record and consecutive heatwaves

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.

Moment 'dust devil' tornado careers through Greenwich Park sending picnickers running  lbc.co.uk