Weather phenomenon characterized by an intense columnar vortex that occurs over a body of water.
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The ship was lowered about a hundred feet away from the waterspout.
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By this flood, we may judge of the waterspout's power of suction.
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He's just been wrastlin' with a waterspout and he's some wore out.
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A spectacular waterspout swept across a Belgian beach causing damage along the shore.
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The rain fell like a waterspout, and the throng immediately fled for shelter.
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An over water tornado has been reported off the coast of Bray, Co Wicklow, this morning.
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Video footage of what appears to be an over water tornado has been recorded off the Co Sligo coast.