Never Mind Kansas, Twisters Occur Closer to Home!
A tornado was spotted forming over the M53 motorway in Wirral.
Footage was posted online of a twister blowing across the motorway near junction 6 by Vauxhall motors.
A spokesperson from the Met Office confirmed the sighting was in fact a tornado, which saw a huge rotating column of air circulating from the ground to the clouds.
The Met Office said: “Although it is unusual that we obtain footage of a tornado in the UK, it can occasionally occur, and this sighting is a tornado.”
Natalie Clarke wrote on a Facebook site: “That was over my house! I knew it was a tornado as it was the wildest wind I've ever seen in my life bins and garden furniture went flying and seconds later it was as calm as anything.”
While Nathan Brandon Lee Kennedy also commented: “OMG!!!! Why is this happening? It is lucky no one was seriously injured or killed.”
The tornado comes after temperatures have drastically dropped in Merseyside over the last few days, with an increasing amount of wind and rain.
The footage was posted on Youtube after Matthew Hughes and Rob Halley sent in a video of the dramatic moment.
Check out the official footage here:
Footage was posted online of a twister blowing across the motorway near junction 6 by Vauxhall motors.
A spokesperson from the Met Office confirmed the sighting was in fact a tornado, which saw a huge rotating column of air circulating from the ground to the clouds.
The Met Office said: “Although it is unusual that we obtain footage of a tornado in the UK, it can occasionally occur, and this sighting is a tornado.”
Natalie Clarke wrote on a Facebook site: “That was over my house! I knew it was a tornado as it was the wildest wind I've ever seen in my life bins and garden furniture went flying and seconds later it was as calm as anything.”
While Nathan Brandon Lee Kennedy also commented: “OMG!!!! Why is this happening? It is lucky no one was seriously injured or killed.”
The tornado comes after temperatures have drastically dropped in Merseyside over the last few days, with an increasing amount of wind and rain.
The footage was posted on Youtube after Matthew Hughes and Rob Halley sent in a video of the dramatic moment.
Check out the official footage here:
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