Furniture thrown into air as funnel cloud hits Suffolk yard

CCTV pictures captured the moment sudden, strong winds from a funnel cloud tore through a storage company's yard.

Mattresses and other heavy objects were tossed into the air, damaging a car and narrowly missing staff at Filing Fortress in Horham in Suffolk just after 12:30 BST on Thursday.

Owner Stuart McBurney said: "That was brutal. I've never experienced anything like it. It felt like an eternity."

Funnel clouds are formed when winds converge, causing spin in the lower levels of the atmosphere.

12 May 2023