A powerful dust devil blew away an inflatable bouncy in central China’s Shangqiu City, killing at least two children.

The dramatic video shows an inflatable bouncy castle being blown into the air by the dust devil and nearby people fleeing away quickly as the vortex lifts up various small objects.

Two children were killed, one child had serious injuries and 17 children and two adults suffered minor injuries, reports said.

3月31日下午15时许，河南虞城县田庙乡万亩梨园突遇“龙卷风”袭击，据当地官方31日23时许通报称，截至23时已造成2名儿童死亡，1名儿童重伤，17名儿童和2名成年人受轻伤。据中国天气网专家介绍，掀翻蹦蹦床的天气系统并非“龙卷风”，而是典型的尘卷风。

河南省气象台首席预报员张霞指出，3月31日15到16时，商丘虞城田庙乡出现了局地尘卷风。尘卷风直径10米左右，持续时间约3到4分钟。尘卷风出现时天空状况为晴天，区域自动站监测显示，商丘虞城田庙站早晨最低气温1.6℃，15时气温17.5℃，东南风4m/s，相对湿度不足30%。而在距离事发地以东112公里处的徐州站08时探空资料表明没有对流不稳定能量，不具备发生雷暴天气的条件，可排除龙卷出现的可能。综合来看，本次灾害出现时晴空升温明显，风速较小，空气干燥，符合尘卷风发生的气象条件。