Terrifying moment TORNADO sweeps along Brazilian beach knocking down sunbathers and sending them running for their lives.
Waterspout caught on camera hitting beach in Pernambuco, Brazil
Dramatic photo shows the twister sending beach furniture flying
Sunbathers can be seen running for their lives as it careers along sand
One eye witness said that a small child was picked up and hurled
This is the shocking moment a waterspout swept ashore knocking adult sunbathers flat and lifting furniture - and a small child - into the photo captured by several people on their mobile phones show the moment the waterspout, which is effectively a tornado over water, hits the beach in the city of Recife, in the eastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco.
From there it went up the beach, tearing up sun umbrellas before dying out almost as suddenly as it arrived.
Photo captured by several people on their mobile phones show the moment the waterspout, which is effectively a tornado over water, hits the beach in the city of Recife, in the eastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco
Local police said that although they had several reports and an ambulance had been at the scene, nobody had been seriously injured
The waterspout went up the beach, tearing up sun umbrellas and even sucking up and spitting out a small child - who was unharmed - before dying out almost as suddenly as it arrived
Shocking moment waterspout blasts sunbathers across beach
Eyewitness Salviano Alaniz, 36, who was on the beach with his wife, said: 'I spotted something out to sea which seem to be a dark area and then I realised it was a waterspout moving towards the shore.
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