Illustration of a waterspout.

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Valéry Hache / AFP

The images are truly impressive.

Onlookers strolling along the seafront in La Ciotat, in the Bouches-du-Rhône, were able to witness a spectacular meteorological phenomenon: the formation of a waterspout.

🌪 This morning, the inhabitants of #LaCiotat were surprised by a waterspout!

Awesome 😲 pic.twitter.com/M4XOco05Ap

- La Provence (@laprovence) September 20, 2020

According to our colleagues from

Provence

, the waterspout was observed this Sunday in the morning.

Fortunately, it did not do any material or human damage.

This meteorological phenomenon occurs the day after severe bad weather which swept through the south of France and caused the disappearance of several people in the Gard.

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