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The video shows a tornado-like tube between the ocean and the clouds near Bay St. George.
Environment Canada Meteorologist David Neal says there is a good chance it was a water spout.
Neal says it is essentially a tornado that forms over the water and it is associated with thunderstorms.
He says they are not overly common but conditions can exist anytime there is a line of thunderstorms across the offshore.
Photo from 23 Aug 2020: Kurush, Dagestan, Russia
Within a few hours, large snowdrifts appeared in the village. And local residents, filming what is happening on photos and videos, complained on social networks that the summer this year ended too early for them.
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Flooded street in Karachi on August 25
The flooding in Afghanistan's Parwan region following heavy rains has officially killed 25 people and injured 40, although a spokesperson for the province said casualties may still rise as rescue teams work to locate those buried under hundreds of destroyed houses.
The province called on the government to deliver aid and provide immediate support for workers digging through mud to reach those trapped.
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Waves crash against the harbour wall in Newhaven, England.
Waves crash against the harbour wall in Newhaven, England.
Police searched for two people, one a canoeist, feared to have fallen into the swollen River Taff in and around Cardiff while a woman was pulled to safety from the Ely, another river in the Welsh capital.
Campers and caravaners were rescued by firefighters from sites in south-west Wales while premises were damaged by flood water and falling trees, and rail lines and roads were blocked.
The Met Office said a number of areas across Wales and the Midlands were hit by record-high wind speeds for August.
Comment: Less than a week ago Storm Ellen caused widespread damage across Ireland and parts of the UK.
Date & time: Tuesday, 25 August 2020 19:08 UTC
Magnitude: 6.1
Depth: 34.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 5.49°S / 151.81°E (Papua New Guinea)
Nearest volcano: Bamus (66 km)
Primary data source: GFZ
Estimated released energy: 8.9 x 1013 joules (24.8 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 21301 tons of TNT or 1.3 atomic bombs!)
A timeline to 2025 for Southern Magnetic Anomaly to split into two cells.
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Northern bottlenose whales were spotted in the Clyde yesterday
Marine wildlife experts from the British Divers Marine Life Rescue were called out to Victoria Harbour in Greenock over the weekend after the group of northern bottlenose whales was seen in the estuary.
The pod was captured on film by Scott Cromar, who shared this video yesterday:
Wildfire burns on La Palma Island, Canary Islands, Spain
Footage released by the Military Emergencies Unit shows the work to extinguish the fire on Saturday night.
The operation on Sunday involved around 400 ground troops supported by 11 airborne resources, including helicopters and large tanker planes.
Summer is ending and it is not surprising that the lowest temperature in Russia today is in the coldest Republic of Russia - Yakutia. In the village of Eyik, Oleneksky district of Yakutia, the temperature dropped to -8°C, the lowest temperature in Russia. The temperature dropped below freezing in the southern half of the Republic as well. Negative values were also noted in Yakutsk.
The fall season arrived in the Republic earlier this year.
Comment: At least 11 dead as Tropical Storm Laura causes severe damage in Haiti and Dominican Republic - nearly foot of rain in 24 hours