Fisherman and Island residents alike caught a rare glimpse of a massive waterspout that towered over Lasqueti Island on Thursday morning.

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A waterspout is essentially a tornado over water though it is not quite the same as a land tornado.

A waterspout was caught on camera earlier today around Lasqueti Island. Storms today pose threat to B.C. fire relief

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Ed Wiebe, Scientific Assistant at the University of Victoria is a He describes them as a columnar vortex usually weaker than what we think of as a tornado, like a big dust devil.

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