Powerful tornado rips through Algerian city, destroying homes
- 6 years ago
This is the dramatic moment a tornado was captured rumbling through a city in northern Algeria.
The footage, captured on April 14, shows the tornado touching town and swirling close to some houses in Batna.
The filmer writes: ''The sky went grey during strong winds and all of a sudden we saw this huge whirlwind coming our way.
''The tornado destroyed a nearby house and left nothing but ruin on its way.''
According to the filmer, nobody was in the house that got destroyed.
In the video, a man speaking in Chaoui tells his daughter to get inside before reciting a prayer in Arabic.
The footage, captured on April 14, shows the tornado touching town and swirling close to some houses in Batna.
The filmer writes: ''The sky went grey during strong winds and all of a sudden we saw this huge whirlwind coming our way.
''The tornado destroyed a nearby house and left nothing but ruin on its way.''
According to the filmer, nobody was in the house that got destroyed.
In the video, a man speaking in Chaoui tells his daughter to get inside before reciting a prayer in Arabic.