Stunning Moment Giant ‘Landspout’ TORNADO looms over horizon as it towers over desert landscape in apocalyptic video

THIS is the breathtaking moment when a giant “landspout” tornado towered over the desert in Saudi Arabia.

The terrifying twister started out as a thin funnel, but quickly grew into an hourglass-shaped tornado as it grew in strength.

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Apocalyptic footage shows the land pipe sucking dust skyward as light drizzle fell in the area in the city of Duba.

Worker Angelito Luna said: “It’s the first time I’ve seen such a big tornado in Saudi Arabia.

“It spun around so fast.”

The rare weather phenomenon eventually disappeared in a cloud of dust within minutes.

Authorities in several Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia, have issued weather warnings for heavy rainfall in the mostly arid region.

Landspouts are weaker than supercell tornadoes, which are much more destructive and cause significant damage.

They resemble waterspouts – but they occur over land – and dissipate much faster than supercell tornadoes.

Although tornadoes are made up of supercell thunderstorms, landspouts can appear without any sign of a thunderstorm.

Landspouts are also known as a non-supercell tornado.

In 2020, a massive tornado swept through Al Jawf in Saudi Arabia – with meteorologists describing it as one of the largest to ever hit the country.

The incredible tornado formed in the middle of the desert.

Stunning footage showed the “dust devil” moving slowly across the landscape.

It comes after a massive tornado hit Qatar last month dramatic images shows the black spiral storm clouds coming down in the desert land.

It landed in Ras Laffan Industrial City, about 50 miles north of the Qatari capital Doha.

Qatar’s Meteorological Department shared images of downpours and powerful hailstorms in the city.

Tornadoes are extremely rare in Qatar, which has the lowest natural disaster threat level of any country on Earth, according to the World Risk Index.