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Extract from www.torro.org.uk:
"Some tornadoes form out to sea as strong waterspouts (q.v.) which sometimes cross the coast, so a waterspout may become a tornado as the twisting funnel moves from land to sea (and vice-versa). A recent powerful and well-documented example is that of Selsey on the south coast of England on the night of 7 to 8 January 1998. When the waterspout made landfall, it carved a trail of damage a kilometer wide through the town as it damaged hundreds of buildings in less than ten minutes"
Also, and extract from http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/NWSTornado/
"Waterspouts occasionally move inland becoming tornadoes causing damage and injuries."
Following today's extensive edits by User:65.77.67.15 - diff, we now need a bit of clean up. The edits mostly look good, but
Is a water devil a type of tornadic waterspout, or a synonym? Vivo (talk) 08:02, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
The article states: Incidents of waterspouts causing severe damage and casualties are rare; however, there have been several notable examples.
. This week, a boat in Italy's Lago Maggiore capsized and 4 died, all on the boat were curiously related to the secret services of Italy or Israel: CNN AncientWalrus (talk) 19:58, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
The part about some waterspouts coming from mesocyclones is incorrect. If the funnel was spawned by a mesocyclone, it has the ability to cross onto land and therefore is actually a tornado. It’s just a tornado over water. But the mesocyclone part is what determines the difference. 2600:1700:B291:F30:F827:60E4:5BC6:3A5C (talk) 19:11, 27 May 2024 (UTC)