Footage uploaded to social media showed the moment a suspected landspout hit central Amsterdam on Friday.
Thunderstorms over the city caused the powerful weather phenomenon, the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) said on its Twitter page.
A tornado also ripped through the southern Luxembourg town of Petange on Friday and tore apart a building's roof, footage uploaded to social media showed.
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