Shocking footage shows the moment a truck travelling down a Texas highway is blown over during strong winds as a 'bomb cyclone' rips through the Midwest.
The truck was one of several large vehicles that were toppled over by extreme wind reaching 75 mph in north Texas and New Mexico on Wednesday, KFDA reported.
In some areas, trees were uprooted by the wind and tossed onto vehicles and homes, the report said.
At around 10.30 am, officials responded to a semi truck that rolled over on Highway 287 about 10 miles north of Amarillo.
A semi truck is blown over by an extreme 80mph gust of wind on a highway in Amarillo, Texas. A man filming shouts 'oh my God' as he captures the moment that the truck's trailer is caught by the gale, forcing the truck on to its side
The driver was transported to a local hospital but is not thought to have suffered serious injury, according to KFDA.
A man who took the footage from the opposite side of the highway shouts ‘oh my God’ as the semi’s trailer is lifted high into the air by the wind.
It twists round behind the cab, dragging the vehicle sideways and the windscreen is blown out.
Moments later the whole truck topples over and is dragged down the highway, sending dirt and debris flying.
A bomb cyclone occurs when there is a rapid pressure drop, with a decrease of at least 24 millibars -- a measure of atmospheric pressure -- over 24 hours. The storm dropped 33 millibars from Tuesday into Wednesday.
Two drivers following the truck are unaffected and are in a good position to watch its demise from their cars.
The man, who is sat on the other side of the highway, can do nothing but shout again as the stricken truck slams down on to the road and is dragged down the tarmac before coming to a halt in the grass
The 'bomb cyclone' dumped snow and heavy rain on the central United States, stranding travelers, leaving tens of thousands without electricity and leading to a police officer's death in Colorado.
Corporal Daniel Groves, a Colorado state patrol officer, who was hit and killed by a car as he helped another driver who had slid off a road near Denver.
On Wednesday morning, the storm’s pressure had dropped to the equivalent of a Category 2 hurricane.
Hurricane-force gusts hit Texas (78 mph) as well as Denver (80 mph) and Colorado Springs (97 mph), which were also enduring blinding snow.
A maintenance worker plows the inner road of Washington Park as a late winter storm packing hurricane-force winds and snow sweeps over the intermountain West Wednesday
Vehicles stack up on the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 near Tower Road as a late winter storm packing hurricane-force winds and snow sweeps through Colorado
The 'bomb cyclone' dumped snow and heavy rain on the central United States, stranding travelers, leaving tens of thousands without electricity and leading to a police officer's death in Colorado
'This is a very epic cyclone,' said Greg Carbin, chief of forecast operations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Weather Prediction Centre. 'We’re looking at something that will go down in the history books.'
Scores of motorists took refuge at truck stops in eastern Wyoming while blowing snow forced portions of major highways to close in Colorado, Nebraska and South Dakota.
Meanwhile, hundreds of flights were cancelled at Denver International Airport, and nearly 40 were grounded in Colorado Springs.
Hundreds of flights were cancelled at Denver International Airport, and nearly 40 were grounded in Colorado Springs as the bomb cyclone hit on Wednesday
Through early Thursday, residents of Colorado, Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma can expect winds of between 30 and 50 mph, with gusts in some areas reaching 65 mph
The storm forced schools and government offices across the state to close for the day and cut power to several hundred thousand homes and businesses.
The culprit was a sudden and severe drop in ground-level air pressure in Colorado, the most pronounced dive since 1950, Mr Carbin said.
It was caused by a combination of the jet stream and normal conditions in the wind shadow of the Rockies.
Air rushed into the low-pressure area and then rose into the atmosphere.
'It’s like a vacuum cleaner, really,' Mr Carbin said. When that much air rushes higher into the atmosphere, it causes severe weather.
Meteorologists call the rapid change in pressure a 'bomb cyclone.'
Parts of seven states were under blizzard warnings, and 20 states were under some level of high wind alert, Mr Carbin said.
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