A home was left with a gaping hole in its roof as residents believe a mini tornado hit their street as storm Franklin passed through.
Christopher Tunnicliffe says the tiles were ripped off, leaving his roof badly damaged and a car windscreen was broken by flying debris in the residential street in Derby.
The 36-year-old told Derbyshire Live : “I was just waking up at about 3pm because I’d finished my night shift, I was sat up in bed and my partner came running up the stairs and opened the window and said ‘look at the weather ’.
“It was really windy, and the next thing there was this massive rush of wind, the trees were almost horizontal and the house shook.
“It made the most horrendous howling noise, it was really surreal, I really did think the house was going to fall down.”
After what they believe was a tornado passed through the street, residents came out onto the road to assess the damage.
The wind left Mr Tunnicliffe's roof badly damaged, removing some of the tiles and breaking his car windscreen.
He added that around five houses on the street had been damaged by the strong winds.
He added: “It took a load of the tiles off and scattered them on the driveway and smashed my car windows.
“The tiles also landed on next door’s property as well.
"My partner had just put some recycling out so if he had been a few seconds later, all that rubble could have been on top of him.
“It’s left me a bit scared because we’ve got this storm kicking off now and I’m worried the damage could get even worse.”
Luckily no-one was hurt but Mr Tunnicliffe did add that the people on his road helped everyone out and made the best of a bad situation.
His neighbour’s grandson, James, was walking up and down the road with a wheelbarrow collecting rubble.
“I was really pleased with how, we’re such a lovely community on this road, and everybody was helping each other out.
“People were picking things up and making things secure and just really helping each other.”
