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30mo29hThis evening.

Joe Relihan writes:

A tornado that appeared in Banagher [Co Offaly]  this evening knocking out the power to the area. A bit not usual.

 

Also : ‘Black cloud’ damages buildings and uproots trees in east Galway (RTE)

twisterLike a finely-rolled, cloud-skinned spliff.

This evening in Co Meath.

Helen Ward writes:

I took this with my phone close to Athboy at about 6.20. At first I wasn’t sure what I was seeing but it just kept getting longer. I had to stop the car and take a proper look. Crazy!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dU7rW2kv7U&feature=player_embedded

A small twister/waterspout spotted at “around 7am” this morning by Aoife McNulty at Bray Head, Co Wicklow.

We’re not in Kansas anymore.

Update: Another view, via James Kelleher:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MwRjG7ZiC8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGvTgYyANy8&feature=player_embedded#!

Last week on Big Island Hawaii, raging bushfires and vortex winds came together to form the rare and terrifying ‘fire twister’.

‘Fuck this’, a local fireman said, ‘let’s go surfing’.

Associated Press