Weather reports from Palermo airport, 12 miles west of the ... especially because the wind direction varies very rapidly within a waterspout which could cause a boat to rock violently,’ Inness ...

A waterspout is the suspected culprit in the recent destruction of a luxury yacht that capsized near Palermo, Italy. A superyacht carrying 22 people, including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch ...

A waterspout, a violent rotating column of air ... Rescue boats operate off Porticello, on August 20, 2024, near Palermo, Italy, a day after the British-flagged luxury yacht "Bayesian" sank.

A waterspout photographed in the Adriatic Sea ... often used a stretch of water east of Palermo, Sicily, as a safe harbor. The area is protected from the strong, cold winds that blow southeast ...

A small waterspout – a type of tornado – spun ... the ship in an angled position,” Karsten Bower told reporters in Palermo on Monday. “After the storm was over, we noticed that the ...

Witnesses have described seeing a waterspout form off the coast of Porticello, near Palermo in western Sicily, where the ...

A waterspout is a meteorological term for a ... with wind gusts above 43 mph in Palermo. About 10 minutes later in the town of Aspra — which is 20 miles from Palermo and three to four miles ...

The luxury sailboat was docked off the coast of Porticello, near Palermo, when a waterspout struck the area just before 5am, wrecking the boat and causing it to rapidly disappear beneath the waves.

Seven people died this week near Palermo, Italy when a 184-feet-long ... struck by a tornado over the water - otherwise known as a waterspout - causing Bayesian to capsize. Other factors may ...

Mr Lynch and his daughter Hannah, 18, are among six tourists missing after the yacht, named Bayesian, was battered during intense storms off the coast of Palermo in the early hours of Monday.

The luxury sailboat was anchored off the coast of Porticello, near Palermo, when a waterspout struck the area just before 5am, wrecking the boat and causing it to rapidly disappear beneath the waves.

A waterspout usually only lasts for up to 20 ... What is known is that a violent storm rocked Palermo overnight, one predicted by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.