A wide, stovepipe-shaped tornado crossed the flat farmland of Călărași County in southern Romania, about 110 km east of Bucharest. It knocked the roofs off about ten houses and pushed a bus with 39 passengers off the road onto its side.
▶ Open on the mapMany Romanians filmed the tornado from their cars, and the videos were shown by news channels around the world.
Tornadoes are rare in Romania, and this one is often called the best-documented tornado in the country's history.