Sunday swim and lunch with friends ends with a twist [1]
Video of waterspout and storm damage: Weather.com. [2]
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The Australian -Harry Edwards and Rosanne Barrett, 11/19/12
Erin Townsend watches a water spout twist up from the ocean at Long Beach on the NSW south coast yesterday. Picture: Michael Syne Source: The Australian
A GIGANTIC waterspout 200m across capped off a weekend of wild weather across the east coast in which storms smashed roofs, uprooted trees and left 8000 homes without power.
Worst-hit was the town of Woodburn, in northern NSW, where a dozen homes were damaged -- five destroyed -- after a storm lasting less than two hours hit the hamlet on Saturday.
To read the rest of this story, visit The Australian. [3]