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Mark Price

Rarely seen snow devil — or ‘snownado’ — recorded whirling across highway in Idaho

A rare weather phenomenon known as a “snowado” was seen spinning across a frigid mountain highway in Idaho.

It appeared Wednesday, Dec. 21, on U.S. 30 over Fish Creek Summit, and an Idaho Department of Transportation employee happened to be recording stock footage at the time. The summit is about 275 miles southeast of Boise.

“He was lucky enough to catch a snow devil on camera!” the department post on Twitter.

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