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Mar 26
Rare nighttime waterspout video taken off of Saudi Arabia over the Northern Red Sea! icwr.ca

رصد شاهقة مائية في بحر ضباء- تبوك السعودية 🇸🇦 🌪️👇🚨 Tabuk - Ksa 25-3-2026 #Waterspout
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Mar 21
Large waterspout off of Gibara, Cuba on March 20. Thanks to Norge Augusto Gallardo Quesada for confirming our waterspout forecast model icwr.ca
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Mar 19
ICWR Waterspout Photo of the Month Rarely photographed night-time waterspout. March 14, 2026. Marathon Key, Florida, U.S. Courtesy Gary C. Steinbrugge icwr.ca
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Feb 18
ICWR Waterspout Forecast Waterspout potential off the entire west coast of the U.S. through to Thursday. Forecast map valid 10 am EST Wednesday. Send us your reports icwr.ca youtu.be/NB35VqXDPk8
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Feb 17
ICWR Waterspout Nowcast (10 am EST, Feb. 17) Extensive area of waterspout potential off the west coast of the U.S. Send us your reports! icwr.ca
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Feb 16
Waterspout potential along the west coast of North America Monday through to Wednesday. Send us your reports. Forecast map below @7pm EST. icwr.ca
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Feb 16
2 systems will create extensive areas of waterspout potential for the west coast of North America Monday and Tuesday. Send us your reports! icwr.ca youtu.be/FSFisLZv4-w

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Feb 15
This Day In Waterspout History Sunset waterspout. February 15, 2023. Puerto Rico icwr.ca
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Feb 3
This Day in Waterspout History February 3, 2023. Numerous waterspouts seen off of Rhodes, Greece, including 15 spotted by ICWR waterspout hunter, Stavros Kesedakis. Waterspouts were also seen by ICWR waterspout observers / organizations Betty Xidi and Cyclone Of Rhodes
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Feb 1
This Day In Waterspout History January 31, 2019. Rhodes Greece. Courtesy ICWR waterspout hunter Stavros Kesedakis icwr.ca
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Jan 23
Great Lakes Winter Waterspout Potential Update (Friday, January 23) icwr.ca youtu.be/O9wo1cVL4EY

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Jan 23
Will you spot the rarely observed winter waterspout over the Great Lakes? Send us your reports! icwr.ca youtu.be/TlegwqJ5VTk?si=BP5y…

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Jan 21
Snowspouts! Snowspouts (winter waterspouts) will occur this Friday as extremely unstable conditions develop over the open waters of the Great Lakes. Send us your reports! icwr.ca
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Jan 19
This Day In Waterspout History Rarely photographed nighttime waterspouts! January 19, 2023. Italy. icwr.ca
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Jan 6
The number of videos that we receive from around the world of waterspouts moving onshore is increasing each year due to cell phones and social media 📸 Send us your reports! facebook.com/share/r/1GFCFvL… icwr.ca

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Jan 5
This Day In Waterspout History January 4, 2021. "Romantic waterspout" off of Livorno, Italy! icwr.ca
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Jan 3
🌪️Just released: ICWR’s new Global Waterspout Hotspots Map, highlighting the world’s most active waterspout regions. View the interactive map at icwr.ca
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Jan 3
Waterspout just spotted in Takahiwai, New Zealand (January 3). Notice the clear central core of the waterspout vortex. icwr.ca
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Jan 2
"Winter Waterspout" Spotted! ICWR observer Andy Parker captured this winter waterspout over Lake Ontario off of Wilson, New York today (January 2)! Thanks for verifying our waterspout forecast model! icwr.ca #nywx @NWSBUFFALO
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Jan 2
First waterspout of 2026! icwr.ca

Yesterday, at about noon, Italy got its first vortex of the year, a waterspout somewhere north of the island of Pantelleria, Sicily
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