WASHINGTON (AP) — Observant visitors to the area around the U.S. Capitol building on Tuesday afternoon were treated to a unusual sight: an unmistakable funnel cloud extending diagonally from the sky and seemingly almost reaching the tip of the Capitol dome itself.
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The funnel cloud never touched down on the ground and therefore can’t be classified as a tornado.
There was no damage and no reports of any other funnel clouds in the area Tuesday.
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But a photo of the thin, wispy twister curving over the Capitol drew more than 1 million views on Twitter.
