A massive waterspout has been captured on video towering over the Italian city of Salerno.
The video shows the towering waterspout whirling around part of Salerno's harbour and skirting the city's port area.
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While there have been no reported injuries, the huge column of whirling air and water reportedly lifted and damaged containers in Salerno's port district before moving around the city's harbour on Wednesday, reports BBC.
Salerno and its gulf is a hotspot for Italian holiday-makers and Hollywood celebrities like Hugh Jackson.
The towering water tornado made a splash on social media, with many users describing it as a spectacular sight.
"Exceptional waterspout going ashore in Salento this afternoon," tweeted SevereWeatherEU.
Waterspouts are intense columnar vortexes of water and air that form over large bodies of water when there is condensation in the clouds.
According to the United States National Ocean Service, they can be extremely dangerous and should not be investigated.
Tornadic waterspouts can be just as dangerous as land tornadoes, with the potential to cause significant damage if they move onshore.
On Tuesday, a waterspout was spotted off the shore of Auckland's Takapuna beach, adding to a wild week of weather across New Zealand.
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