Video shows a vortex striking a beach in Campania on Monday, sending debris flying as people flee. A waterspout also caused chaos on a beach in the Basilicata region yesterday.
Dramatic footage shows tourists running in terror as waterspout tornadoes struck beach resorts in southern Italy this week.
A mother desperately shields her child as she runs to safety, with the whirlwind seen bearing down on the family and lifting objects high into the sky above them. Local forecaster MeteOne pointed out how the footage shows the waterspout hitting the land and travelling a few metres across the beach before effectively 'dissolving'.
Suddenly, a huge gust propels umbrellas and deckchairs towards where they are standing, with the person filming running for cover. Meteorologist Paolo Sottocorona, who is also a sailing instructor, explained the dangers of being at sea when the conditions are like this. In the Gulf of Brucoli in southern Sicily, locals shared pictures of a sailboat which had been wrecked on the rocks after being blown in by strong winds
'The sea surface temperature around Sicily was around 30 degrees Celsius , which is almost three degrees more than normal,' said meteorologist Luca Mercalli.He added that while it can't be said 'that this is all due to global warming', it clearly still has an 'amplifying effect.' Matthew Schanck, chair of the Maritime Search and Rescue Council, a UK-based non-profit organisation that trains sea rescuers, said the Bayesian was the victim of a 'high impact' weather-related incident.
They're most common off the coast of Florida and the Bahamas, the Gulf of Mexico, parts of the Mediterranean including offshore Greece, as well as off the east coast of Australia.
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