Tornado hits Worcestershire

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Tornado hits Worcestershire
Tornado hits Worcestershire

PA

Yesterday afternoon a tornado uprooted trees and tore the roof off a stable in the village of Inkberrow, Worcestershire.

Fierce winds carried the stable roof 20 metres through the air before it came to rest in the branches of a nearby tree. Other trees were left broken in half at the Knowle Fields Barn Farm complex.

Dawn Wheatcroft, office manager at partitioning company Waterson's Projects, which is based on the site, said that the storm seemed to "last forever".

She said: "It seemed like forever whilst it was happening, although it probably lasted less than a minute.

"It was a bit of a grey day but you never expect something like that to happen, it was one of the worst storms I've ever seen."

Weather experts believe that the tornado may have been a funnel cloud, which can cause destruction if it touches the ground.

Tornado sightings were also reported in nearby Redditch at the same time.

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