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PALM BEACH — Waterspouts look like slender little tornados that reach down from the clouds and touch the water. And that description isn't too far off, as these rotating columns of air share many similarities with land-based tornados.
Most waterspouts occur in tropical/subtropical places, with Florida being one of the most common places to appear. Other locations include Australia, New Zealand and Europe. Oddly enough, they occasionally pop up on Great Salt Lake. That's right. Utah is one of the few places west of the Mississippi that sometimes has the right conditions for these meteorological events.
I wish I had a video of a waterspout on the Great Salt Lake. Footage exists, but I couldn't find it — what I do have, however, is a video of two waterspouts off the coast of Florida.
It's not rare for a big storm to produce multiple waterspouts. But it's still fascinating to see these two waterspouts cross paths. Call me crazy, but it looked kind of like they were playing together out there.
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