One of the world’s most prolific storm chasers has captured incredible drone footage of a powerful tornado destroying buildings in the city of Andover in Kansas last week.

A drone launched by U.S. storm chasers Reed Timmer filmed a destructive tornado cutting through Andover late on Friday, April 29, as part of a severe thunderstorm outbreak in Kansas and Nebraska.

The clip has drawn attention from the meteorological community because it shows the tornado's erratic vortex acting like a vacuum, sucking buildings and debris off the ground and lofting them into the sky. At several points in video, multiple vortices can be seen pulling debris into the main vortex of the destructive tornado, which is rare to see so clearly and in a video with such high resolution.

Timmer’s video has also been getting a lot of attention on social media from other storm chasers and weather enthusiasts. Several comments on the YouTube video point out how unique this video is, including this one from user ‘jdpenk’:

“I'm an old geezer who has been interested in severe weather since the 1960's after watching a tornado as it ripped across the town I live near. I've been an avid watcher of any and every film or video footage of tornadoes for decades, and while this entire video is extraordinary, I have to say that the first 30 seconds or so of this video have to be the most remarkable footage of a tornado ever recorded, absolutely amazing!”

While no lives were lost in Andover, the tornado caused considerable damage to the city and prompted a state of emergency in Kansas.

Tragically, three University of Oklahoma meteorology students died in a car accident on Friday night while returning home from a storm chase in Kansas.

May is the peak month of U.S. tornado season, with an average of 276 tornadoes recorded across the country during May between 1991 and 2010. In Kansas, there are usually around 50 tornadoes in April and May combined.