Giant waterspout lashing Malaysian city in viral video!

• It ripped off the roofs of some houses and fell several trees.

A rare waterspout damaged at least 50 houses in the town of Tanjung Tokong in the Malaysian state of Penang on Monday.

The spout was seen spinning near Tanjung Tokong's shores for about five minutes before it briefly arrived on land.

It ripped off the roofs of some houses and fell several trees at about 1.35pm, said a Penang Civil Defence Force spokesman, adding that there were no injuries reported.

"We are currently busy clearing the debris from houses which were ripped off by the storm,'' the spokesman told reporters.

Residents took to social media to share images of their close encounter with the waterspout. Zinc roofs were seen being blown off some buildings.

Penang today. Waterspout pic.twitter.com/fmvtqN7JGD