Tornado in Singapore?

Unbelievable. We just witness a very rare occurrence of a tornado just off the southern coast of Singapore. It ripped right through some vessels and tankers off the harbor. Here are some pics we took from Microsoft Singapore's office of this Waterspout.

Enlarged view and a size comparison with an Oil Tanker.

and the video:

 

Comments

• Anonymous
  May 24, 2007
  So twister wei..

• Anonymous
  May 25, 2007
  Please do not try to create hype in your post by saying "ripped through" when you don't know if any damage was done at all. Sometimes when even low speed whirlwinds form over water bodies, they create water spouts which don't do much wind damage at all.

• Anonymous
  May 25, 2007
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• Anonymous
  May 25, 2007
  singaporeans...

• Anonymous
  May 25, 2007
  I'm from Florida where we use to get waterspouts (not "tornadoes") all the time. I'm pretty surprised to see one near Singapore. That must be rare indeed.

• Anonymous
  May 26, 2007
  fiuh

• Anonymous
  May 26, 2007
  hmm..the tornado don seen moving  =/

• Anonymous
  July 27, 2007
  Nature's at it's best~! The world is gettin stranger and stranger everyday~! Who knows maybe next there will be snowing in singapore and spring in the north pole??

• Anonymous
  August 31, 2007
  We saw one on August 14, 2007 while waiting for a flight from Singapore to Chiangmai...so not so unusual.

• Anonymous
  March 26, 2008
  ouh..woahh..tornado here in singapore..? woahh!

• Anonymous
  December 25, 2009
  Isn't this a waterspout, not a tornado? The two terms aren't interchangeable, are they?