THIS is the moment a ‘tornado’ left a trail of destruction of a housing estate in Widnes this afternoon.
Extremely high winds battered the town shortly after 12.15pm today, Wednesday.
Video footage captured via a CCTV camera on a house on the new build estate off Moorfield Road showed the moment the storm hit.
Contents of gardens - including a trampoline - were left strewn around the neighbourhood, with windows smashed and brickwork and fences damaged.
Trees were also torn down, while several cars were dented by flying debris.
It is understood that nobody was injured during the incident.
Several road closures are in place, with Cheshire Police on the scene.
A force spokesman said: "At 12.25pm on Wednesday, October 20, police received reports of damage in the Widnes area.
"The damage includes a wall falling down, windows of cars smashed and debris on Camberwell Park Road.
"A number of road closures are in place, including Camberwell Park Road at the junction of Moorfield Road.
"Damage has also occurred to the garage of a property on Kensington Close.
"There have been no reports of any injuries.
"The damage has been reported to police as being caused by a mini tornado."
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