VIDEO: Incredible images of waterspouts in the Colombian Caribbean as cyclone closes in

Tourists captured on Wednesday two waterspouts in the Colombian islands of Rosario and Baru, Cartagena, which could be related to the arrival of tropical cyclone Two, according to the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM).

The natural phenomenon created panic among tourists and residents of Islas del Rosario.

However, the General Maritime Directorate told the local newspaper El Universal that "the two waterspouts are the result of humidity and not due to the passage of potential cyclone number 2."

"The two waterspouts that occurred in Baru Island are related to the typical conditions of the wet season, finding favorable conditions to form," said the entity. 

Expert Miguel Hernández Martínez de la Peña defined the natural phenomenon as "tornadoes over water." 

"That is, a column of rapidly rotating air extending from a cumuliform cloud to the water surface (usually the sea)," he explained.

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Colombia's Ideam on Thursday activated a tropical storm warning for the Caribbean island of San Andres due to the passage of potential tropical cyclone Two.

"The probability to date is that the system evolves to the category of a tropical storm, favoring heavy rainfall, increased waves, and wind in the area of the archipelago of San Andres, Providencia, Santa Catalina, and the keys, between Thursday and tomorrow, Friday," the agency said in a statement.

"There is uncertainty in the forecast of the system, once it reaches the southwest Caribbean Sea, which will depend on how much the system interacts with the continental area," it continued.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned this morning that potential tropical cyclone Two is already in the southwestern Caribbean Sea and its winds are expected to strengthen on its way to Nicaragua and Costa Rica to become tropical storm Bonnie, the second one formed so far this year in the Atlantic basin, EFE reported.

In a bulletin issued at 08.00 hours (12.00 GMT), the NHC indicated that the system, which began its path in the southern part of the Windward Islands and continued through the Caribbean near the coasts of Venezuela and Colombia, is about 710 miles (1,140 km) from Bluefields (Nicaragua).

Cyclone two has maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and is moving at 20 mph (31 km/h) in a westerly direction.

According to its forecasted track, it will move across the southwestern Caribbean Sea through Friday, cross southern Nicaragua or northern Costa Rica on Friday night and emerge over the eastern Pacific Ocean on Saturday and may strengthen into a hurricane over its waters.