Hurricane Irma, which hit the Bahamas on Friday has changed the shape of the ocean temporarily. Low pressure in the center of the storm sucked water up into it and away from the beach
'The ocean is missing!' Rare phenomenon caused by Irma sucks the water from Bahamas beaches
Hurricane Irma is so strong that it is sucked water into itself and away from shorelines in the Bahamas
Video footage from Long Island, Bahamas shows a dry ocean floor after Hurricane Irma hit on Friday
A meteorologist explained low pressure in the center of the storm caused the water to be drawn upwards into itself and away from the beach
The water will not rush back like a tsunami and the shore will likely be back to normal Sunday afternoon
Extraordinary footage from the Bahamas shows the shoreline receded much farther than normal, exposing what is usually the ocean floor.
Twitter user @Kaydi_K from Long Island, Bahamas wrote on Friday: 'I am in disbelief right now... This is Long Island, Bahamas and the ocean water is missing!!! That's as far as they see #HurricaneIrma.'
The strange video shows her walking on the exposed ocean floor which is dry and covered in large shells.
Another Twitter user tweeted a photo of the exposed beach at a different beach in the Bahamas and showed it was back to normal within less than a day.
Hurricane Irma, which hit the Bahamas on Friday, is so powerful that it has altered the shape of the ocean in Long Island, but it will likely be back to normal by Sunday afternoon.
'The ocean is missing!' Rare phenomenon caused by Irma sucks the water from Bahamas beaches
Hurricane Irma is so strong that it is sucked water into itself and away from shorelines in the Bahamas
Video footage from Long Island, Bahamas shows a dry ocean floor after Hurricane Irma hit on Friday
A meteorologist explained low pressure in the center of the storm caused the water to be drawn upwards into itself and away from the beach
The water will not rush back like a tsunami and the shore will likely be back to normal Sunday afternoon
Extraordinary footage from the Bahamas shows the shoreline receded much farther than normal, exposing what is usually the ocean floor.
Twitter user @Kaydi_K from Long Island, Bahamas wrote on Friday: 'I am in disbelief right now... This is Long Island, Bahamas and the ocean water is missing!!! That's as far as they see #HurricaneIrma.'
The strange video shows her walking on the exposed ocean floor which is dry and covered in large shells.
Another Twitter user tweeted a photo of the exposed beach at a different beach in the Bahamas and showed it was back to normal within less than a day.
Hurricane Irma, which hit the Bahamas on Friday, is so powerful that it has altered the shape of the ocean in Long Island, but it will likely be back to normal by Sunday afternoon.
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