Clonfert Tornado

A freak weather event in east Galway has caused structural damage to a number of buildings this evening and knocked down several trees.
There are no reports of any injuries but power supplies have been affected around the Clonfert area.
ESB crews and Galway County Council staff are working at the scene.
Locals have been describing how a black cloud roared into view around Clonfert shortly after 6:30pm.
One eyewitness, who was in the local church at the time, heard what she described as a "terrible sound" and went outside to see the cloud spinning as it moved along.
Parish priest Fr John Naughton said the way in which trees had been damaged was “almost indescribable”.
He said branches had been whipped away and that a number of old trees in the area had been uprooted.
There are reports that old gravestones in the cemetery adjoining St Brendan's Cathedral in Clonfert have been knocked over by the winds.
A number of roofs have also been dislodged from farm buildings.
It is understood the roof of the tea rooms at the back of the Emmanuel House of Prayer in Clonfert has been badly damaged.
A number of trees have fallen on the approach road to the house.
Fr Naughton said the cloud seemed to have gone along a narrow strip around Clonfert.