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Thousands of homes remain without power and travellers are likely to face continued disruption.

A major incident has been declared in parts of Greater Manchester after a tornado ripped through, forcing people out of their damaged homes.

Around 100 properties were damaged by what police called a ‘localised tornado’ that whipped through Stalybridge, Tameside, on Wednesday.

Thousands of homes remain without power and travellers are likely to face continued disruption.

Denise Burrows Devine, 65, and her dog Casper were out when the entire window unit in her front bedroom was blown clean through and crashed onto the carpet in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester.

Engineers are working to restore electricity with flood alerts in place across the region

Gareth and Lyndsey Moody have told how a tornado tore through their street in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, and their family was lucky to get out alive as ceilings collapsed

A “localised tornado” has caused significant damage all across the region over night.

Around 100 properties were damaged by what police called a ‘localised tornado’ that whipped through Stalybridge, Tameside, on Wednesday.

A ‘supercell thunderstorm’ has hit the UK, as travel chaos from Storm Gerrit continued into Thursday.