A dust devil tornado followed a family as they rode on a tuk-tuk in the Philippines.

Mum Angelyn De Mesa was with her children on the way to school when they passed by the twister in Cavite province on February 22.

They saw the dust and pieces of trash flying unusually flying around with gusty winds until the weather phenomenon took shape.

Footage shows the 15ft-high dust devil trailing behind them along the concrete road.

Angelyn said: ‘It formed right when we passed by. I was nervous because it was the first time I have seen one.

‘I knew it was a bad omen. I took my children after school to the church to pray for Ash Wednesday.'

The swirling dust vortex thinned out in less than a minute until it disappeared.

Dust devil tornadoes are types of whirlwinds that form when the sun heats a patch of land and the air above becomes warmer and rises quickly.

Cooler air then moves into the low-pressure gap left by the rising warm air. The new drafts of cooler air also heat up and rise and the cycle continues, picking up dust and debris and making the spiral visible.

They are not as dangerous as supercell tornadoes, which can cause severe damage.