Terrifying moment tourists flee as waterspouts hit Italian coast and tear through beach sunloungers sending debris flying - as storms continue to lash country days after superyacht disaster

Dramatic footage shows tourists running in terror as waterspouts struck beach resorts in southern Italy this week.

High winds and stormy seas - thought to have been caused by a waterspout - hit and sank the British-flagged Bayesian yacht on Monday as it was anchored off Sicily.

On the same day as the disaster, a huge waterspout threatened boats and people holidaying on the Italian mainland.

Video shows a vortex striking a beach in the Campania region, north of Sicily, on Monday, sending umbrellas and heavy debris flying as people flee.

A mother desperately shields her child as she runs to safety, with the whirlwind seen bearing down on the family and lifting objects high into the sky above them.

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