Waterspouts look very big and impressive to the casual viewer, but to a meteorologist looking at the world’s weather patterns they are quite small. This makes them very hard to forecast with any ...

Rescue boats operate off Porticello, on August 20, 2024, near Palermo, Italy, a day after the British-flagged luxury yacht "Bayesian" sank. Specialist divers launched a fresh search for six people ...

In the most recent event, water temperatures were near 32 degrees while air temperatures were closer to 10 degrees. - A steady breeze needs to be present to jump-start the process of evaporation.

Tornadic waterspouts, which form during thunderstorms, can either develop over water or move from land to water. These waterspouts "share the same characteristics as a land tornado", said the NOS.

Video from 2015 shows a waterspout whipping over a New Jersey man's house.While calmly watching a storm roll in, two friends in the video were suddenly subject to a deluge of wind and water as the ...

Even a small waterspout can collect enough water to capsize boats in the water. As the weekend came to a close, the stormy weather remained and more waterspouts were reported.