{"id":221314,"date":"2025-10-13T10:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T10:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/221314\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T10:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T10:53:09","slug":"rare-october-waterspout-spotted-off-lamma-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/221314\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare October waterspout spotted off Lamma Island"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n
\n
\n <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

12th October 2025 \u2013 (Hong Kong) A rare meteorological phenomenon was witnessed off the coast of Hong Kong on Sunday afternoon as a dramatic waterspout formed near Lamma Island, creating a striking spectacle for onlookers.<\/p>\n

The Hong Kong Observatory confirmed the event, which occurred around 1 pm amidst active thunderstorms. In an official social media post, the forecaster described the waterspout\u2014colloquially known as a \u2018water tornado\u2019\u2014as \u201ca water column rapidly rotating, interlaced with water droplets that connects to the water from the base of a convective cloud.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video footage shared by the Observatory showed a distinct, swirling pillar of water extending from the sea surface up into the heavy cloud base, moving ominously between sailing boats in the area.<\/p>\n

The sighting is considered particularly unusual for the time of year. According to historical records maintained by the Observatory, waterspouts are most frequently observed between June and August. Since record-keeping began in 1959, this marks only the fourth documented occurrence of a waterspout in the month of October,<\/p>\n


\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 12th October 2025 \u2013 (Hong Kong) A rare meteorological phenomenon was witnessed off the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":{"0":"post-221314","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}