Does whirlpool cause damage?

Most whirlpools aren't cause for concern. However, those that are very large or powerful can pose a serious threat to anyone who comes too close. These very strong whirlpools are called maelstroms. They're most likely to form when currents collide near narrow bodies of water, such as straits.



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The Saltstraumen maelstrom holds the Guinness world record for the strongest natural whirlpool in the world. This remarkable Norwegian eddy is estimated to have existed for over 3 millennia, when this coastal region had glaciers in its fjords and channels.

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In one tragic event in 1835, a two-masted schooner from Deer Island set sail with two brothers aboard. She went down in the whirlpool while the poor boys' mother watched in horror from shore as the schooner sank helplessly.

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Like whirlpools in the ocean, spinning black holes in space create a swirling torrent around them. However, black holes do not create eddies of wind or water. Rather, they generate disks of gas and dust heated to hundreds of millions of degrees that glow in X-ray light.

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When the two whirlpools become entwined, their linked tails form a U-shaped vortex under the water, which can hold together for up to six months before falling apart.

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In natural lakes, there are not many locations which would generate whirlpools, but in man-made reservoirs (like the lake in question), there are a few locations that can generate whirlpools.

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Fewer than one-hundred people have ever completed this swim (more people have been into space) and it is the only whirlpool that has ever been swum. In some ways they were prepared, in others they had absolutely no idea what to expect…

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