The BBC have a report on this morning's tornado in northwest London, and also a small selection of pictures. An explanation is also provided.
Tornadoes in the UK are infrequent, about 35 a year are reported. As I said in my earlier posting, relative to its landmass, Great Britain has more tornadoes than the USA. These phenomena occur in severe thunderstorms, but also on the boundary of different airmasses, as happened today. Out at sea, they are known as waterspouts. The last time a tornado hit an urban area was in 2005, when a street in Birmingham was hit, with equally devastating effect.
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Holy cow! That is some decent damage! The poor people must've been frightened to death to hear that come ripping through the neighborhood!
ReplyDelete~Amy
Wow!
ReplyDeleteI have never been in a tornado or hurricane, but I've been in plenty of earthquakes! I think I would take the earthquake, although those scare the tar out of me, even though I've grown up around them.
Jackie
Dear Guido,
ReplyDeleteHow interesting that they have called the tornadoes at sea are called water spouts?
very cool!
hugs,natalie