Video Shows Meteotsunami Slamming Lake Michigan

A video shared by CBS News through Storyful shows a 'meteotsunami' slamming the shores of Lake Michigan last week.

The video, which was captured by a city camera in Holland, Michigan, shows water taking over the beach as heavy rain hits the area. A 'meteotsunami' takes place when large waves driven by air-pressure disturbances occur commonly with severe thunderstorms and squalls, creating a large wave that moves toward the shore, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration .

An estimated 100 'meteotsunamis' occur in the Great Lakes region -- which includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in the United States and the Canadian province of Ontario -- annually and are typically small in size.

The 'meteotsunami' captured in Holland was reported to be "on the small side," measuring between 1 and 2 feet on the south end of Lake Michigan and a foot less in western Lower Michigan, according to Bob Dukesherer , a senior forecaster at the National Weather Service office in Grand Rapids, via CBS News .

"We are not aware of any major damage," Dukesherer said. "We did receive one report of some larger plastic walkway sections on a beach being strewn about by the water rise, otherwise, no major damage that we are aware of."