A dust devil tornado whips through a car park on a hot day in Thailand.

Video shows the twister whirling across the pavement near market stalls in Pathum Thani province on May 6.

Despite its closeness, vendors and shoppers made no move to flee as they observed the air column picking up debris before fading away.

Onlooker Apiksana said: 'It was scary at first but nothing was damaged.'

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.