“Waterspouts are a marine hazard. They’re known for flipping over small boats. But if they do move onshore, especially the most common type, the fair weather type waterspouts, they do progress inland along the beach a bit,” Szilagyi said.

Waterspouts tend to form when the air is cool and moist, and the water is near its warmest. The phenomena tend to form on the Great Lakes from August to October, the National Weather Service said.Start the day smarter.

After tracking more than two dozen waterspouts across the Great Lakes from Sunday to Tuesday, more could be on the way, according to the National Weather Service and a nonprofit group that tracks and records the weather phenomena. The Great Lakes had more ...

GALVESTON, Texas — A day at the beach Saturday turned a little scary, thanks to a waterspout moving in. According to Galveston Beach Patrol, the waterspout traveled across the beach near Seawall and 45th Street at around 1 p.m. When it did, they told ...

The International Centre for Waterspout Research predicts waterspouts on the Great Lakes Nov. 6, 2025. Here's what to know.

CATAWBA ISLAND, Ohio — A waterspout was spotted along Lake Erie's shore in northwest Ohio Monday. Here are viewer photos of the weather phenomenon, as well as the science behind how waterspouts form. According to the National Weather Service (NWS), a ...

An apparent waterspout touched down on Lake Lanier around 7 p.m. Friday night. Viewers started sending in video to Channel 2 Action News around that time. The Hall County Emergency Management said they had begun receiving reports that there may have been a ...

LA PORTE, Texas (KTRK) -- Emergency officials are giving residents in the La Porte area a weather warning after a waterspout was spotted near Sylvan Beach. Several viewers sent Eyewitness News videos of the waterspout. The La Porte Office of Emergency ...

Several residents in the Southport and Oak Island area captured a waterspout on video Monday afternoon. The waterspout was part of an approaching thunderstorm. Videos and photos showed the funnel cloud twisting above the Cape Fear River just off Southport ...

Occurred on September 4, 2022 / Horseshoe Bay Beach, Peel Rock Cove, Bermuda Info from Licensor: "A waterspout drops out of a storm off the coast of Bermuda at Horseshoe Bay Beach 9/04/2022."

Labor Day Weekend visitors to Galveston were treated to a meteorological show when a waterspout formed early Saturday afternoon. Reports on social media put its formation at about 1 p.m. off of 45th Street. It apparently stayed off the coast and caused ...

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