A woman has described how her 60ft pine tree “blew over like a matchstick” when a tornado struck two villages last year.
Winds of up to 160mph swept through Millbrook and Carrbrook in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, on the evening of 27 December 2023.
Kate Booth has lived in a farmhouse above Millbrook since she was a little girl.
“I lost my beautiful Monterery pine, which I’d planted when I was eight, and it’s taken until September to get it cut away, ” she said.
