It happened in Kapalua Bay. People were still in the water at the time. Waterspouts are similar to tornadoes over water. They are associated with severe thunderstorms and often accompanied by high ...

The 183-foot Bayesian yacht is believed to have been hit by a waterspout—a tornado that forms over the ocean—and some experts are concerned that climate change could worsen these storms in the ...

Waterspouts are a relatively common sight over the waters surrounding the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the weather phenomenon can ...

A waterspout is a column of rotating air that forms over a body of water, typically extending from a cumulus (fluffy and white, like wads of cotton wool) or cumulonimbus (thunderstorm) cloud down to ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Lake Michigan is a prime spot for waterspouts to form and some of these can quickly turn into tornadoes on the ground. That’s exactly what happened in Buffalo ...

Unusually warm waters off the coast of Sicily helped spawn a “waterspout” that sank a superyacht earlier this week, leaving several people dead or missing. Tornadoes are among nature’s most ...

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It closely resembles a tornado, but occurs over water rather than land. Waterspouts are most common in the tropics and subtropics. There are two main types: fair-weather waterspouts, which develop ...