Manitoba residents spotted tornadoes and funnel clouds Saturday afternoon around the Interlake area.
Environment Canada confirms a tornado touched down near Winnipeg Beach before tracking onto Lake Winnipeg, where it became a waterspout.

Peter Tessier was at his cottage in Matlock on the south basin of Lake Winnipeg at the time. He says his son pointed the waterspout out to him.

"My son said, 'hey that's a tornado' and I said 'that's a waterspout, it's on the lake!'" Tessier says.

Torrential flash floods have destroyed builkdings and swept away cars after severe storms hit Arizona.

Up to 3,000 home and businesses were left without power as more than 50 electricity poles were knocked down, according to the Arizona Public Service.

Work was taking place on Sunday morning to reconnect power supplies in parts of the state.

Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued by the National Weather Service for Maricopa County early in the evening on Saturday before flooding hit the state's capital and largest city Phoenix.

The Arizona Republic reported that flooding was especially bad near a caravan park in Wickenburg, where the water swept away part of the road and made it impossible for people to go in either direction.

A WAVY viewer sent in a video of a possible waterspout in Virginia Beach, Friday morning.

The video was taken by Christopher Rogers at the Oceanfront.

Several other viewers also sent in pictures of the waterspout.
WAVY Meteorologist Jeremy Wheeler said there were a few clouds and showers in the early morning. The water temperatures were warm, there was a little cool air above and some moisture, so there was a quick spin up.

There have been no reports of damage.

This past week the fishing charter Tight Lines took some video of a waterspout and a huge whale shark which were spotted about 20-30 miles offshore of Sarasota.

It's a rare event to see both, but in two days in a row is amazing. For the past several days now there has been several sightings of waterspouts. With the weather pattern expected to stay the same on Saturday we could see more as the storms push ashore.

This past Wednesday Captain Rob Roberts and his clients were offshore about 25 miles when a waterspout formed and began heading right toward the boat they were in. Capt. Rob took out his cell phone and snapped a photo and then took video of this amazing sight.

A day before they were about 28 miles offshore of the Suncoast when a huge whale shark approached. This time the Capt. took out his go pro and captured this incredible est. 30 foot gentle giant known as a whale shark. They have been known to visit Suncoast waters during the summer, even I had the chance to see one about 4 years ago. In the video you will see several cobia swimming around and under it.

Another great sight sent to PIX@mysuncoast.com was a giant sea turtle crawling back into the Gulf after laying her eggs on Longboat key a couple of weeks ago. The video was captured by LBK resident Nancy Seder.

Captain Scott Moore was vacationing near Boca Grande this past week and saw a baby sea turtle making it's way into the surf. The captain captured the amazing video of a baby hatchling swimming into the Gulf. If you see something interesting please send it in to PIX@mysuncoast.com

At least six waterspouts were spotted in the Chesapeake Bay off the coast of Annapolis Friday morning.

Waterspouts, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, sometimes begin as tornadoes over land and then move over water, but can also form in severe thunderstorms over a body of water.

They can wreak havoc with high winds, hail, and dangerous lightning. They develop most often over warm, tropical ocean waters. They're spotted in the Florida Keys more than any other place in the world.

The Maryland Natural Resources Police posted on Twitter that one of its patrol boats got caught inside one.

A YouTube video of one of the spouts forming was also posted online by user Justin Berk. It was taken from inside a car that was traveling over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Watch it below.

Typhoon Nangka lashed Japan yesterday, killing at least two people and triggering floods as the authorities urged more than 230,000 residents to evacuate.

Packing gusts of up to 126kmh, Nangka barrelled over the nation's main island of Honshu after making landfall near Cape Muroto on Shikoku island late on Thursday.

Nangka (Malay for jackfruit) paralysed traffic. A total of 165 flights were cancelled, trains in western Japan suffered delays and highways near the ocean were closed.

Television footage showed muddy water overflowing Naka river in Tokushima, flooding up to the second floor of nearby school buildings.

An overnight thunderstorm dropped 1½ to 2 inches of snow on the summit of Hawaii's tallest peak in July.

Cameras at Mauna Kea's summit showed some snow still on the ground midday Friday. Mauna Kea Weather Center forecast meteorologist Ryan Lyman says it should be melting quickly.

National Weather Service meteorologist Maureen Ballard says snow can fall on the summit any time of year, though there's a greater chance in the winter.

The latest snowfall came as a thunderstorm extended high into the atmosphere, above the mountain's peak elevation of nearly 14,000 feet.

Ballard says temperatures at the summit were about freezing overnight.

The low in the nearby city of Hilo was 71 degrees. Kailua-Kona on the west side of the Big Island, had a low of 78 degrees.

Tornadoes carved through the towns of Cameron and Delavan, Illinois, Thursday night, causing significant damage and injuries.

On Friday, the National Weather Service gave the tornadoes preliminary ratings of EF-2 on the Enhanced Fugita Scale.

The tornado that hit Delavan touched down without warning, the National Weather Service said. Tornado sirens were silenced in mere seconds after power was cut off to the town.

Fifty-one homes were damaged during the brief touchdown in Delavan, and reports indicate six of the homes were a total loss. At least two people were injured.

Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains displaced hundreds of families and caused damage to several road sections across the country on Thursday. Two deaths have been reported so far.

Srijana KC, 11, and Manju Mainali, 12, were swept away by the flooded Rapti stream at Hetauda-11 in Makwanpur on Thursday. The duo had tried to wade across the stream. Their bodies were found 1km downstream.

People in many villages in Kailali and Kanchanpur districts in the Far West and Banke and Bardiya districts in the Mid West moved to safer areas after incessant rains since Wednesday night inundated their settlements.

Flashfloods and inundation have been reported in Kailali, Banke and Bardiya since Thursday morning. In Banke, a downpour since Wednesday night flooded the Babai river which inundated Balapur, Gulariya and Nepalgunj. Fifty families have been displaced.

A brief but intense hailstorm that dropped as much as 4 inches of slippery pellets in a South Dakota city prompted officials to call out snowplows in the middle of summer.

Pennington County Sheriff's Deputy Matthew Jackson tells the Rapid City Journal that the Tuesday night incident on U.S. Highway 16 south of Rapid City was "definitely weird" for mid-July.

The National Weather Service says pea-size hail pelted the highway for about 15 minutes. Jackson says the area was shrouded in heavy fog as the hail melted and a few cars went off the road, but that there were no serious injuries.