‘Tornadoes Over Water’ Seen Across Eastern Canada This Summer

‘Tornadoes Over Water’ Seen Across Eastern Canada This Summer
Two waterspouts form in the distance as a vessel, foreground, is seen in the waters near Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Que., in an Aug. 23 handout photo. The Canadian Press/HO-Marc-Andre Bourgeois-Gaudet
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Marc-André Bourgeois-Gaudet was in his boat off the shores of Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Que., last Friday when he saw several funnel clouds descending from the sky like tornadoes.

As he got closer, the rain started falling harder than anything he'd ever experienced, he said. “It was like having a waterfall fall on my head.”