HOLLAND, Mich. – A meteotsunami struck two Michigan beaches while severe weather blasted Lake Michigan on Tuesday. A meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Grand Rapids ...

A meteotsunami occurs when convective storms moving quickly over water cause a rapid change in air pressure which displaces the water, according to the National Ocean Service. This process generates ...

In case you missed it, a meteotsunami just hit the shore near Holland, Michigan. That's the Lake Michigan shore. Directly across from Racine. And yes, we said tsunami. Well, tsunami-like.

But the key here is that the cause occurs in the water, below the surface, and that is the difference from a meteotsunami. For starters, the term meteo derives from the Greek “metéōros ...