Giant twister causes a stir in Butterworth


Readers/witness pictures circulating on social media showing a water spourt forming over the sea in progress. Pic from social media / 04 Nov 2015

GEORGE TOWN: A huge twister (pic) seen over Dermaga Dalam, Butterworth, on the Penang mainland had many onlookers swept off their feet by what they saw.

Believed to be a waterspout, the twirling dark column descending from the rainy sky appeared off the coast at about 4.15pm yesterday.

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