'The house was literally moving': 'Mini tornado' leaves trail of destruction in western Sydney

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A 'mini tornado' has ripped through a western Sydney suburb, tossing trees, ripping off roof tiles and spearing a trampoline into the side of a house.

Fire and Rescue NSW said more than 30 homes have been damaged, many partially collapsed, and power had been cut to much of the area.Photos of the damage show a trampoline with its legs impaling the side of a house.

Chester Hill resident Maryanne Tafeuni said a cubby house blew over the top of her backyard and she lost power to her home.Fire & Rescue NSW via AAP "The house felt like it was literally moving and all I can see from the window is leaves, and things together," she told ABC News. "I thought it was just heavy rain but as soon as I heard the crack of the window at the front I knew it was something else so I had to gather the kids and get down because it was moving. The house was literally moving."Meteorologist David Wilkie said their systems picked up strong rotating winds, but the event may not have technically been a tornado."Whether or not it reached the kind of threshold you might term a tornado is certainly debatable but ...

 

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frankiemacd

No such thing as a 'mini tornado'. It is a micro burst.

No such thing as a “mini tornado” - it’s either a tornado or it’s not.

Love nature, it owns you

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