A pair of huge waterspouts that formed over Tampa, Florida were caught on camera by on-lookers in extraordinary close-up footage. Passengers on a boat on the Manatee River captured the apocalyptic-like moment on Sunday (22 June), as cries of “oh my god”, and “oh s***” can be heard in the background. Waterspouts, essentially tornadoes over water, can form when gusts of dense air from a thunderstorm crash into a sea breeze. The weather phenomenon is common during Florida’s warmer months; however, the double sighting has been called “pretty rare” by Stephen Shiveley, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

Watch as a pair of huge waterspouts swirl over the Florida coast on Sunday (22 June). The strange weather phenomenon was caught on camera by stunned witnesses in Manatee County,…

A pair of huge waterspouts that formed over Tampa, Florida were caught on camera by on-lookers in extraordinary close-up footage. Passengers on a boat on the Manatee River…

A family was heading back to dry land when two of the funnel formations suddenly sprung up. “It looked like something from a movie,” one of them said.