A damaged house in Chamberlayne Road, north-west London, after a small tornado ripped through the suburb of Kensal Rise. Photograph: John Stillwell/PA
Six hurt as tornado strikes in London
Matt Weaver and agencies
Thursday December 7, 2006
A number of houses were so badly damaged by the tornado that struck north-west London this morning they may have to be demolished, it has emerged.
At least six people were injured and hundreds left homeless when the tornado swept through Kensal Rise at around 11am, tearing the roofs and walls off houses.
Eyewitnesses said it lasted for up to 40 seconds; one man said he heard a sound "like standing behind a jetliner".
