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Freak twister creates havoc.(News)

HUNDREDS of people were last night coming to terms with the devastation caused by a terrifying minitornado.

Twenty people were injured when the freak twister stripped houses of their roofs, uprooted hundreds of trees and knocked down walls.

The tornado, which lasted no more than a minute wherever it struck, left a one-kilometre trail of destruction through south Birmingham.

Witnesses saw the winds lift cars and turn street signs and masonry into missiles when they hit the city at about 2.45pm.

The Sparkbrook, Balsall Heath, Moseley and Kings Heath areas were worst hit, and West Midlands Ambulance ...

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