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Wild Winds: Twisters, Tornados, Dust Devils, Whirlwinds & Waterspouts

Littlehampton litered with debris.

A roof was ripped off a house and cars and other properties were damaged as a tornado hit a West Sussex town on Saturday night.

The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (Torro) told the BBC a "definite tornado" hit Littlehampton after a site investigation on Sunday. The weather event came after heavy rain showers moved north east from the English Channel on Saturday evening.

Local resident Naomi Theobold told BBC Sussex it happened "really fast".

She said: "It was quite scary. All you could see was rain and debris flying around." After it passed, she said she could see "where it had ripped through mine and the neighbours' back gardens, taking the fences out and the furniture. Our trampoline is currently in someone else's garden, other neighbours' cars have been damaged by debris and walls in front gardens have come down too. It was all quite scary."

A flat roof covered in debris

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Littlehampton resident Naomi Theobold said it "happened really fast"

Another Littlehampton resident, Tasha Beer, said the end of her road was cordoned off on Saturday night, with emergency services present.
She said her car had "glass all over the back seat" and her wiper blades were found two roads away.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-67254819
 
Leitrim laid low.

Gardaí closed access to Leitrim village after a tornado-like weather event swept through the area on Sunday afternoon causing damage to vehicles and properties.

Locals reported a freak weather event shorty after 12.30pm which blew the roof off at least one house and damaged several others.

Several cars were also damaged by flying debris, while trees were uprooted and walls were knocked over. A number of boats moored at the local jetty were overturned.

There are no reports of serious injuries, although at least one motorist received treatment for minor injuries after debris smashed into their car’s windscreen.

https://www.irishtimes.com/environm...s-in-west-as-second-storm-of-weekend-moves-in


Every stormcloud has a silver lining for farmers.

Veg prices may be higher after storms, say farmers​

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czk20l7y2lmo
 
Almost blown to Oz,

A four-month-old boy has survived after a tornado in Tennessee sucked him up from his family’s mobile home, which was demolished in the storm.

Sydney Moore told WSMV-TV that when the tornado hit their home in Clarksville on Saturday, it ripped off the roof and lifted the bassinet with her son inside.

Her boyfriend, the child’s father, tried to grab the bassinet but was spun up into the twister as well, Ms Moore said.

“He was just holding on to the bassinet the whole time, and they went into circles, he said, and then they got thrown,” Ms Moore said.

https://www.breakingnews.ie/world/b...rnado-found-alive-in-fallen-tree-1564845.html
 
Tameside tornado deroofs houses.

Roofs were torn off houses, trees blew down and walls collapsed as a small "tornado" tore through Greater Manchester during Storm Gerrit.

Police declared a major incident in Tameside at about 23:45 GMT on Wednesday "due to the severity of the damage caused and potential risk to public safety". About 100 homes were damaged in the storm and people have been asked to avoid the area.

There have been no reported injuries.

The Millbrook and Carrbrook areas in Stalybridge were worst affected.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-67831843
 
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