A landspout tornado spun across a field during stormy weather in Thailand.

Video shows the whirling air column tearing through a rice paddy in Buriram province on June 30.

Crackling thunder and lightning accompanied the tornado, which spiralled upwards forming a long twisting funnel that connected to storm clouds overhead.

According to the National Severe Storms Laboratory of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, landspout tornadoes are a type of tornado that form from the ground up. They are described as tornadoes with a 'narrow, rope-like condensation funnel that forms while the thunderstorm cloud is still growing and there is no rotating updraft - the spinning motion originates near the ground.'

Thailand and neighbouring countries in Southeast Asia are approaching their annual monsoon rainy season which sees soaring temperatures followed by powerful rain storms in the afternoon leading to widespread flash floods.