In Astrakhan, captured on video, a tornado

Weekend residents of Astrakhan witnessed a rare phenomenon in the region. In the cloudless blue sky, the white column of circling the tornado.

Vortex, which was observed in Trusovsky district of the city, lasted a few minutes and then dissipated. Witnesses say that the tornado moved across the Astrakhan, periodically changing shape.

Although tornadoes for Russia is rare, every year in the spring and summer start their formation. Often formed water eddies in the Black sea, for example, in Sochi. In August last year, a tornado formed on the Novosibirsk reservoir.

A giant vortex was noticed in the summer of 2017, near St. Petersburg. Menacing funnel no harm and quickly disappeared.

Worthy of their American counterparts, a tornado formed last July in Khakassia. The rotating column was like a trunk, stretching from the heaven to the earth.

Translated by «Yandex.Translator»