Waterspout off Gozo
Leandro Cassar, a diver who works at the St. Paul's Bay fish farms, was on a maintenance boat with over 15 other people when strong winds and heavy rainfall hit the islands.
"The boat was tied to the tuna cages because we were working on some maintenance there," Leandro told Lovin Malta. "At first, a large tornado passed by close to us, so I took out my phone to record it."
An impressive video of the tornadic waterspout itself (shot by a young Italian diver) also went viral, with large international Facebook groups like Severe Weather Europe and Meteo Real Time sharing it. That video has now amassed over a million views, but Leandro's video showed an even closer - and more worrying - angle to it all.
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