Should Europe prepare for this extreme weather threat?
Waterspouts and tornadoes in Europe are more common than we think
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Waterspouts made headlines in mid-August 2024 when this extreme weather phenomenon was thought to have caused the sinking of the Bayesian, a luxury yacht carrying British tech tycoon Mike Lynch off the coast of Sicily. Waterspouts and tornadoes are nothing new in Europe, but with climate change leading to more severe storms across the continent, are they something we should be concerned about?
If you'd like to know the difference between a tornado and a waterspout, and find out if they're a threat we should prepare for, click through this gallery now.
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