Freaky weather alert: 600-metre-tall waterspout captured on film

by Jessica Werb on May 30th, 2011 at 3:01 PM

Here’s another freaky weather phenomenon you may never have heard of before: waterspouts.

Apparently Australia’s Channel 7 captured a series of waterspouts—which occur when tornadoes form over bodies of water—on Australia’s New South Wales coast, one 600 metres high.

Behold:

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Coast Guarder

May 30, 2011 at 9:24pm

Crazy. These things do occur out on Georgia Strait from time to time. I believe last fall was the last time we had waterspouts off our coast. Very dangerous things. Just think of how much a 600ft column of water that's 10 feet across must weigh...now imagine what that would do to a 28ft long Bayliner...or a windsurfer. Thankfully these things don't usually last very long (just a few minutes) before the weight of the water brings them crashing down.