A waterspout may have sunk a luxury yacht. Could this happen in Australia?
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A waterspout may have sunk a luxury yacht. Could this happen in Australia?

ABC  

On Monday, a sailing yacht off the coast of Italy with 22 people onboard, including British billionaire Mike Lynch, fatally sank. "Tornadoes come out of a very significant thunderstorm system, whereas waterspouts don't have to be associated with thunderstorms," Mr Smyth says. Waterspouts can happen "semi-regularly" according to Mr Smyth, although certain conditions have to occur. "If you've got a cool air mass and a warm air mass coming together at a head, that can create the conditions to get a circulation going," Mr Smyth said. However, while conditions in the east are more favourable, Mr Smyth says they can potentially occur anywhere along Australia's coast.

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