What was claimed
A tornado of rain is pictured over the sea.
Our verdict
The tornado was created with CGI and is not real.
Rain tornado off Jersey is CGI
A video on Facebook appears to show a column of rain dramatically descending from the sky over the sea and then rotating like a tornado. It has the caption: ‘Rain from a Distance’.
In fact the video is a CGI simulation. The original shows a still sea off the coast of Jersey in the Channel Islands.
The video’s creator has posted on TikTok showing how he made the clip.