This is the spectacular moment a triple waterspout was seen off the coast of the Philippines yesterday morning (July 13).<br /><br />Onlookers watched the long elephant trunk shaped funnel clouds form in Mogpog in Marinduque province. <br /><br />They stretched from a large dark cloud into the water below before dissipating after several minutes.<br /><br />Resident Jomar Ribleza said he was driving to visit a friend when he noticed the tornados on the horizon and pulled over to watch.<br /><br />He said: ''This was my first to see those kind of tornadoes with my two naked eyes. It was amazing but scary at the same time. Nature is incredible.''<br /><br />Waterspouts are intense columns of swirling tornado clouds that form over a body of water. They are most commonly found in subtropical areas and disappear shortly after they come into contact with land. <br /><br />Scientists believe they are formedwhen warm sea waterladen with moisture rapidly evaporates and cools slower than the surrounding dry air. This leads to instability in the air and updrafts.<br /><br />Shifting winds near the water's surface then mix with the rising clouds to forma swirling vortex, giving rise to the narrow tornado-like shape cloud.
