Amazing waterspouts

A waterspout is an intense columnar vortex (usually appearing as a funnel-shaped cloud) that occurs over a body of water and is connected to a cumuliform cloud. In the common form, it is a non-supercell tornado over water.While it is often weaker than most of its land counterparts, stronger versions spawned by mesocyclones do occur.Waterspouts do not suck up water; the water seen in the main funnel cloud is actually water droplets formed by condensation.

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