A video shared by CBS News through Storyful shows a ‘meteotsunami’ slamming the shores of Lake Michigan last week.
The video, which was captured by a city camera in Holland, Michigan, shows water taking over the beach as heavy rain hits the area. A ‘meteotsunami’ takes place when large waves driven by air-pressure disturbances occur commonly with severe thunderstorms and squalls, creating a large wave that moves toward the shore, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration .
An estimated 100 ‘meteotsunamis’ occur in the Great Lakes region — which includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in the United States and the Canadian province of Ontario — annually and are typically small in size.
The ‘meteotsunami’ captured in Holland was reported to be “on the small side,” measuring between 1 and 2 feet on the south end of Lake Michigan and a foot less in western Lower Michigan, according to Bob Dukesherer , a senior forecaster at the National Weather Service office in Grand Rapids, via CBS News .