An impressive natural phenomenon made its appearance in the morning in Chios, where we had intermittent heavy rain. It is a water turbine that appeared off the island. The water turbine was heading north until it disappeared.

The photo of Markos Kalogerakis from the port of Chios is indicative.

The photo of the hydro turbine by the fisherman Giorgos Zannikos which was located off the Kastelos area of ​​Chios is also impressive.

What is a hydro turbine?

The water tornado phenomenon appears quite often now in the coastal areas of the country and according to experts it is due to global warming.

We will see it on very hot and humid days and it is the vortex between a “storm cloud” and the surface of the sea.

The main cause of this phenomenon is the large temperature difference between water surfaces and upper atmospheric layers.

Although weaker than tornadoes, a hydro-turbine exhibits wind speeds of over 100 km per hour. But when it reaches land, it evaporates.

The most hydro-turbines are observed near the tropics and less often in the middle latitudes and their appearance is due, according to experts, mainly to global warming.

A tornado forms over land and is essentially a vertical column of atmospheric air that exhibits intense rotation and extends from the base of a storm’s clouds toward the ground, showing the characteristic funnel.

If a tornado occurs over the sea it is called a hydro tornado while smaller tornadoes can appear over desert areas or flat areas covered by soil, taking the name dust devils.