A raging dust devil tornado damaged a worker's shack on a building site in Thailand.

Footage shows the large weather phenomenon picking up dust and ripping across the construction site in Loei province on May 5.

It blew away metal sheets and plastic buckets and reached the shack on the other end of the lot.

It damaged the roof, and the workers stayed in the building opposite the open space to stay safe.

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.