Twisters have struck again, this time hitting the North-West and the Midlands. The sightings come after two 80ft high tornadoes ripped across ten miles of countryside in Norfolk on Sunday.Yesterday afternoon it was Leicestershire's turn as a freak funnel was spotted forming over Harborough railway station. On Sunday two powerful 'Fen Twisters' gusting at over 100mph tore the roofs from buildings, toppled trees and even hurled a trampoline into power lines causing a blackout for 300 homes.
They left gardens and woodland damaged across the area between Marshland St James and Stradsett after striking 'out of the blue' during freak storms on Sunday afternoon. The roof of an out-building was ripped off and dumped on top of a tree 330 feet away in Stradsett and a summer house was lifted from a garden and dumped in a field. Dozens of trees were pulled from the ground in neighbouring woodland owned by The Stradsett Estate. (Daily Mail)
