Rare sighting of a waterspout in County Kerry
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"The people were running to the pier shouting 'look at that, look at that'."
A photographer and her family were treated to a rare sight while travelling from County Kerry to Connemara in County Galway.
A waterspout formed while they were waiting for a ferry at Tarbert Ferry terminal in County Kerry on Thursday.
"It was fascinating," said Gloria Jean Keller.
"This is the first time I've ever seen something like this.
"I'm a photographer and always have my camera with me."
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Ms Keller continued: "I was waiting for the ferry with my son and husband and I saw something coming down from the sky.
"I had to go to see what it was."
What is a waterspout?
Waterspouts are tornadoes that form over water and occur when the weather is very showery.
They are narrow, spinning columns of air that reach the ground from huge shower clouds - cumulonimbus.
As they develop, funnel-shaped clouds sometimes extend from the base of the cloud and it is only when these funnel clouds touch the ground or sea that we get a tornado or waterspout.
- Published16 July 2019
