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A mini-tornado responsible for damage to homes in Chester Hill, says NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian
Maryanne Tafeuni realised she was witnessing something unusual when the top of a cubby house flew across her backyard this morning.
Key points:
- Emergency crews were called to the Canterbury-Bankstown suburb at 8:30am
- More than 20 firefighters were in the area assessing properties, with some partially collapsed
- Resident Maryanne Tafeuni told her children to duck for cover
It turns out the storm that caused additional power outages at Chester Hill this morning — amid the ongoing extreme weather event in NSW — was a “mini-tornado”, according to the NSW Premier.
“This morning, as many of you may be aware, at Chester Hill we experienced an unexpected mini-tornado which exacerbated the weather conditions which caused a lot of damage…
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