This information is very important. A group of inhabitants and tourists from the Rosario Islands in the insular zone of Cartagena, in Colombia, experienced a moment of panic after the appearance of two waterspouts. Without thinking twice, the people who were at the scene recorded the event with their cameras and the images soon went viral on the Internet.
The fear of the people present increased considering that the citizens immediately associated this phenomenon with the potential tropical cyclone, which is passing through the Caribbean Sea. However, fortunately for the inhabitants of the area, the two waterspouts did not cause any damage.
In relation to the video, the General Maritime Directorate, through its National Marine Meteorological Service attached to the Caribbean Oceanographic and Hydrographic Research Center, indicated that these waterspouts have no relation to the powerful tropical cyclone.
It is necessary to mention that this type of natural phenomenon occurs over a body of water, in this case the sea. Unlike tornadoes, the water rises into the clouds taking shape like a hurricane. Usually, these have a diameter between one and two kilometers.
Hurricane Bonnie in Colombia
According to the forecast trajectory, Dos, as the NHC calls it, this Thursday morning will be near the La Guajira peninsula in Colombia, before entering the southwestern Caribbean on Friday.
The probability of cyclone formation in 48 hours is 80% in the 48-hour forecast and 90% in the five-day forecast. In addition, heavy rains are expected in the Windward Islands and northeastern Venezuela and from the ABC Islands (Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao) to portions of northwestern Venezuela and northeastern Colombia this Wednesday through Thursday, and there is a risk of flooding. sudden in some areas.
The Venezuelan islands of Margarita, Coche and Cubagua, as well as Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba, the coast of Venezuela from the Paraguana peninsula to the border with Colombia, including the Gulf of Venezuela, are under a tropical storm warning. Also the Colombian coast from the border with Venezuela to Santa Marta. In addition, there is in effect a tropical storm watch (passage in 48 hours) for the coast of Venezuela from Pedernales to Cumaná.