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Tornado leaves trail of destruction in West Sussex town

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Sunday, October 29, 2023
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Tornado leaves trail of destruction in West Sussex town

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  • Tornado leaves trail of destruction in West Sussex town
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    A roof was ripped off a house and cars and other properties were damaged as a tornado hit a West Sussex town on Saturday night.
  • The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (Torro) told the BBC a "definite tornado" hit Littlehampton after a site investigation on Sunday.
  • Local resident Naomi Theobold told BBC Sussex it happened "really fast".
  • The organisation measures tornadoes on a "T scale" and Ms Horton said her "provisional" assessment was a T4, a "severe tornado".