Moment a huge swirling waterspout forms off the Black Sea coast of Turkey as heavy rain triggers flash floods in the region
- Footage of a tornadic waterspout was filmed yesterday in Sinop, Turkey
- Waterspout swirled over surface of the Black Sea followed by rain and thunder
- Flash flooding was also reported in the region as a result of the heavy rain
This was the moment a spectacular waterspout formed in the sea off northern Turkey yesterday.
The video was captured from the window of a building in the northern province of Sinop, following severe flooding and heavy rain in the Black Sea region of the country.
The footage shows dark clouds hanging over Sinop city as mist swirls over the sea, as well as lightning and thunder.
A huge area of the water is disturbed as the columns of air and water mist mingle and rise.
Several Turkish Black Sea provinces have been hit by storms, flash flooding in recent days.
In the north-east province of Artvin, buildings have been torn down by floods and heavy rain, according to local reports last week.
Seven people were reported dead after storms hit the neighbouring province of Rize days earlier.
The type of waterspout in the video is believed to be a tornadic waterspout in which a funnel of air appears over a body of water.
Waterspouts are formed when two winds from different directions come into contact with one another and create a swirling vortex of air as it has nowhere to go.
A massive waterspout was captured on film in the Turkish province of Sinop during a heavy storm
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These are often followed by thunderstorms, severe winds, hail, and lightening.
Waterspouts are unusual in Turkey, but in November 2018 one damaged sailing boats and cars when it hit the southern coastal town of Marmaris.
And in September 2016, two waterspouts were spotted in the Gulf of Iskenderun but only lasted 30 seconds.
