Weather "Luckily no one was hurt": Tornado sweeps through Hampshire town damaging multiple homes By Sophie Lewis Digital Reporter Comment Published 21st Sep 2024, 12:33 BST Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now A ‘terrifying’ tornado has swept through a Hampshire town leaving significant damage to homes. A resident has described the tornado as ‘terrifiying’ as it ripped through Aldershot at 12pm on Friday (September 20).
The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (Torro) said that it had tracked the length of the movement of the tornado to be 2km long. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues.
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. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Notice and Terms of Service apply. The organisation’s investigator posted on Twitter that they had given the tornado a preliminary T1 or T2 rating which would rate it as a light or mild tornado.
Thankfully, Rushmoor Borough Council has confirmed that no one was hurt during the weather event. A Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: “Firefighters were part of a joint response at an incident .