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Tornado Hits Rugby

A number of homes in Rugby suffered structural damage as a result of high winds on Wednesday evening (April 25).

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Met Office confirms it's likely a tornado hit Rugby

The Met Office has confirmed that it's likely a tornado did hit the town last night.

Dozens of reports of a funnel cloud were reported at around 6pm last night in Rugby.

A spokesman for the Met Office said “A funnel cloud is a rotating column of air coming down from a thunder cloud.

“If they don’t hit the ground then it remains a funnel cloud. If the funnel cloud hits the ground then it becomes a tornado at that point.

“Having looks at the pictures of the damage we can see the cloud did hit the ground and it became a tornado. The damage is consistent with a tornado.”

– Met Office
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