Amazing waterspout 'tornado' caught on camera off Australia

From: RussiaToday on 30 May 2011 youtu.be Dramatic footage filmed from a helicopter by Australia’s Channel 7 shows a series of powerful waterspouts near the coastal suburb of Terrigal, on Australia's New South Wales coast. Several powerful columns of swirling air could be seen blasting along the water's surface near the coastline. Channel 7 claimed the spouts reached heights of up to 600 metres (nearly two thousand feet), but dissipated as they neared land. The natural wonders came as strong winds and heavy rain also lashed other parts of the state, causing flash flooding and traffic chaos in Sydney. RT on Facebook: www.facebook.com RT on Twitter: twitter.com .............................. Dramatic water tornado appears off Australia coast A waterspout blasts off the east coast of Australia, creating a fountain of water hundreds of metres high. 2:44PM BST 30 May 2011 A waterspout appeared off the central coast of Australia's New South Wales on Monday causing a huge sprouting fountain in the middle of the ocean. Waterspouts are formed when a high layer of cold air blows across a body of water, either the ocean, a lake or a river and clashes with the warm air below. Inside the spout, winds can reach speeds of up to 62.1 miles an hour. They have also been known to pick up various sea-life and dump it on land. A heavy storm across the coast, north of Sydney resulted in three additional waterspouts, according to local residents. Like land tornadoes, waterspouts often appear in ...

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