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'Freak' Tornado Tears Through Irish Village During Storm Fergus

What forecasters said was a "localized tornado" swept through the Irish village of Leitrim on Sunday, December 10, damaging houses and cars as Storm Fergus crossed the country. No one was seriously injured, Leitrim County Council https://twitter.com/leitrimcoco/status/1733883890102640887 said , describing the tornado as a https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41287318.html "freak weather incident" . At least one couple had a lucky escape in their car, https://newswire.storyful.com/storylines/*/298798 video showed . Footage by Aoife Guihen shows the tornado downing power lines as it tears across the ground near the village's riverside marina. Separate videos showed the tornado continuing onto a village street, damaging cars and houses. "I didn't realize what I was looking at. It came out if nowhere," Guihen told Storyful. (Footage by Aoife Guihen/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
What forecasters said was a "localized tornado" swept through the Irish village of Leitrim on Sunday, December 10, damaging houses and cars as Storm Fergus crossed the country. No one was seriously injured, Leitrim County Council https://twitter.com/leitrimcoco/status/1733883890102640887 said , describing the tornado as a https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41287318.html "freak weather incident" . At least one couple had a lucky escape in their car, https://newswire.storyful.com/storylines/*/298798 video showed . Footage by Aoife Guihen shows the tornado downing power lines as it tears across the ground near the village's riverside marina. Separate videos showed the tornado continuing onto a village street, damaging cars and houses. "I didn't realize what I was looking at. It came out if nowhere," Guihen told Storyful. (Footage by Aoife Guihen/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
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