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 ...

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 ...

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.