Huge ‘doomsday cloud’ descends over city
A huge ‘Doomsday’ cloud has baffled locals after eerily descending over a city in India.
The phenomenon appeared after a heavy rainstorm that also caused landslides and flash floods in the region.
An onlooker filmed the enormous cloud as it rolled across the city of Haridwar in Uttarakhand.
In the footage, one person says: ‘I am seeing this for the first time ever in my life.’
Another man added: ‘It is the storm?’
The arcus cloud appeared during the region’s monsoon season, which takes place between June and the end of October.
It is caused by warm, moist air being forced upwards by the culmination of cold air from a thunderstorm.
The warm air rises and then cools before condensing and resulting in their formation.
Over time, the wind direction affects how the clouds form.
Shelf clouds and roll clouds form the two main types of arcus clouds.
While it may look like something out a horror film, the eerie sight is more common than you might think.
Similar pictures recently emerged from China, where dust clouds formed a 300ft-high wall of sand as the city of Hami.
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