Tornado rips off roof in Littlehampton, West Sussex

Oct 29, 2023 at 5:58 PM
Tornado rips off roof in Littlehampton, West Sussex

A twister has blown a roof off a home in West Sussex.

Poor climate circumstances in Littlehampton and Wick on Saturday night time have been categorised a T4 twister by the Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO).

Strong winds introduced by the twister blew the roof off the house and on to the opposite aspect of the road, in addition to damaging avenue and backyard furnishings.

One individual residing within the broken residence was taken to hospital for shock, however nobody has been reported injured.

TORRO web site investigators had been referred to as to the seaside city on Sunday.

They thanked members of the general public for offering eyewitness accounts and mentioned the total particulars of the climate occasion are nonetheless being finalised.

One resident advised Sussex World they had been “shocked” to see an entire boundary wall blown away.

Drone pictures of the damaged home. Pic: Eddie Mitchell
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Drone footage of the broken residence. Pic: Eddie Mitchell

Part of the damaged roof on the street in Littlehampton. Pic: Eddie Mitchell
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Part of the broken roof on the road in Littlehampton. Pic: Eddie Mitchell

Southern and western components of England, south Wales and japanese Scotland have yellow climate warnings for rain in place on Sunday.

Further warnings have been issued every day until Thursday with the Met Office naming Storm Ciaran, forecast to hit subsequent week.

It comes after Storm Babet killed at least seven people earlier this month.

Repair work to the damaged roof. Pic: Eddie Mitchell
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Repair work to the broken roof. Pic: Eddie Mitchell

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Met Office deputy chief meteorologist Chris Almond mentioned of the storm: “Winds associated with Storm Ciaran are likely to gust to 80mph along the south coast of England, with a small risk of somewhere exposed seeing 90mph, and winds could even gust up to 50mph or 60mph further inland.”

He added: “This deep low-pressure system will also bring heavy rain to much of the UK, but the heaviest rain is expected in southern and western areas with 20 to 25mm quite widely across the region but up to 40 to 60mm potentially over higher ground.

“Heavy and protracted rain will fall on to already saturated floor bringing a threat of additional impacts akin to flooding in areas which are already struggling to wash up from the heavy rainfall we’ve seen over the past week or so.”