CCTV captures the moment a mini tornado tore through a soft play centre - shattering roof lights and leaving children "traumatised".<br /><br />The rare dust devil ripped several glass skylights from the ceiling of Kids Zone in Worksop, Notts., at 2.45pm on Tuesday (16/7).<br /><br />Dramatic CCTV shows the twister moving through the car park causing debris to crash to the ground outside.<br /><br />Further video captures water gushing into the soft play, which was open at the time, and left families with young children "upset and traumatised".<br /><br />Luckily, nobody was injured and the centre is now working with insurers to assess the extent of the damage to get it repaired.<br /><br />The freak weather phenomenon is caused when hot air rises rapidly through cooler air and usually occurs in arid deserts.<br /><br />Owner of the centre, Graeme Murray told the BBC: "There was just this almighty freak gust of wind and it lifted our roof.<br /><br />"The majority of the glass was deposited on the car park. We were open at the time and there were people in there. <br /><br />"A lot were upset and traumatised, but nobody was injured.<br /><br />"It was so localised - it was only us and our neighbours who sustained any damage."<br /><br />After sharing the footage on social media, many residents reacted with shock.<br /><br />One person commented: "That weather change happened quickly and the clouds were very dark.<br /><br />"Well done to the staff for trying to manage the aftermath as it was clearly very distressing."<br /><br />Another added: "Oh my goodness, you can clearly see the tornado. Hope you are all ok and no one was hurt x"<br /><br />A third said: "So glad everyone got out okay, we are so sorry this has happened to you."<br /><br />Dust devils are comparable to tornados in that both involve rotating columns of vertical air.<br /><br />They mainly occur in desert and semi-arid areas where the ground is dry and high surface temperatures produce strong updrafts.<br /><br />Unlike tornadoes, dust devils grow upwards from the ground rather than down from the clouds.<br /><br />They only last a few minutes because cool air is sucked into the base of the rising vortex, cooling the ground and cutting off its heat supply.<br /><br />They rarely cause injuries, but have been witnessed reaching heights up to 1,100 yards (1,000m).
