"Tornado" beschadigd huizen in Wales
'Tornado' damages city home roofs
A "tornado" has damaged the roofs of two houses in Newport, south Wales according to one of the residents. The semi-detached houses in Haisbro Avenue, St Julian's in the city were hit at about 1610 GMT on Thursday. Veronica Stacey said a neighbour saw the sky turn dark and then watched as the tiles were ripped off the roofs. Forecasters at the BBC Weather Centre said they believed heavy rainfall "at the top of the scale" had fallen in Newport, which can bring mini-tornados.
Mrs Stacey, who returned home from work n the pathology lab at the Royal Gwent Hospital to view the damage, said: Some of the tiles were found five or six gardens down the road. She said the "mini tornado" was witnessed by a neighbour whose garden backs onto her own.
She said 'The sky went really dark, a kind of yellow colour and then they just came off with the wind', Mrs Stacey added. She said both her home and that of her neighbour had large holes in the back of their rooves. A spokesman for the BBC Weather Centre said it was "possible" a mini-tornado had struck the homes.
About 1615 BST exactly over Newport we've got a little image of rainfall right at the top of the scale and these little deluges can bring little mini-tornados, he said. But people can confuse mini tornados with big gusts of winds.
©BBC | Gewijzigd: 27 januari 2017, 13:41 uur, door Joyce.s
A "tornado" has damaged the roofs of two houses in Newport, south Wales according to one of the residents. The semi-detached houses in Haisbro Avenue, St Julian's in the city were hit at about 1610 GMT on Thursday. Veronica Stacey said a neighbour saw the sky turn dark and then watched as the tiles were ripped off the roofs. Forecasters at the BBC Weather Centre said they believed heavy rainfall "at the top of the scale" had fallen in Newport, which can bring mini-tornados.
Mrs Stacey, who returned home from work n the pathology lab at the Royal Gwent Hospital to view the damage, said: Some of the tiles were found five or six gardens down the road. She said the "mini tornado" was witnessed by a neighbour whose garden backs onto her own.
She said 'The sky went really dark, a kind of yellow colour and then they just came off with the wind', Mrs Stacey added. She said both her home and that of her neighbour had large holes in the back of their rooves. A spokesman for the BBC Weather Centre said it was "possible" a mini-tornado had struck the homes.
About 1615 BST exactly over Newport we've got a little image of rainfall right at the top of the scale and these little deluges can bring little mini-tornados, he said. But people can confuse mini tornados with big gusts of winds.
©BBC | Gewijzigd: 27 januari 2017, 13:41 uur, door Joyce.s
