A mini tornado in Croydon, South London, left a beer garden in shambles

The sudden gust of wind from this climatic disorder threw heavy garden tables into the air. It even ripped up slabs of concrete. The incident happened at the Forestdale Arms in Croydon, South London. A witness described the sequence of events. It seems “one of the tables in the garden was in the air swirling round and so was the gazebo. The doors blew in and one of the windows caved inwards. One of the tables ended up on the other side of the road. Slates were falling off of the houses opposite and one landed on one of the regulars' van. The wind was so strong it even ripped up concrete slabs." It appeared to be a one-off situation. Beer garden completely destroyed as 'mini tornado' swirls tables and rips up concrete. There is no confirmation from the Met Office about whether it really fell in the category of a tornado.

A spokesperson for the weather service explained - "There are a lot of active thunderstorms moving across parts of the UK, particularly the southern and southeastern parts of the UK that has been the case for the last few hours. So it’s certainly possible that a small tornado has formed in Croydon because we have the right atmospheric conditions for that to happen. We do see approximately 100 tornadoes in the UK a year.” Incidentally, it lasted for around a minute before the winds calmed down slightly. Apart from the above damages, there were also damages in Forestdale and New Addington. These involved brick walls torn down by the winds and roofs damaged. The Met Office had put a yellow weather warning in place. It had also warned of a chance of "sudden flooding" as rain poured down on London over the weekend. The warnings included possibilities of floods, power cuts, lightning strikes, hail and strong winds in London. A meteorologist from the Met Office added that storms could lead to 20 to 30 millimeters of rainfall in one hour. These could, in turn, lead to flash floods.

Some popular stories of this blogger –

Tensions increase between North and South Korea with exchange of warning shots off their western coast

Sun temple at Konark and the Konark town to be solar powered from next financial year

A school in Missouri was the scene of another incident of gun violence with three dead, including the shooter

Tour operators are happy vis-à-vis trend of booking in hotels, resorts, homestays and the toy train across the hills

Hurricane Roslyn, a powerful Category 4 storm, struck the Mexican resort of Puerto Vallarta

The government of India has identified wildlife conservation as one of its key goals

It seems Beijing wants to remove the status quo vis-à-vis Taiwan

Nigeria, the West African nation, sees the worst flooding in a decade with more than 600 dead

Good news for Indians – Diwali will be a public school holiday in New York City starting 2023

Heavy overnight rain robs residents of Bangalore of their sleep

People of Bangalore are worried because of heavy rain that lashed the city. It brought back memories of the flooding just over a month ago. The India Meteorological Department IMD attributes the latest spell of rain to low pressure in the Bay of Bengal. It had left the city and many parts of the state wet. However, a day of sunshine saw people stepping out in the evening but the skies opened up at night. The result was a massive downpour that continued throughout the night. Those who resided in areas near the old airport remained awake keeping a watch on the water levels. This time it did not swell like last time but migrant laborers in east Bangalore had to endure knee-deep water. The IMD assigned yellow alert and forecast more rain until October 23. Bangalore: Tech capital does not sleep (fearing rain) .

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike chief commissioner Tushar Giri Nath said his department was on the job to ease the flooding. He explained - “The east zone was very badly affected by rain (on Wednesday) and we are doing everything to help the people.” He went on to add that the authorities deployed additional workers to pump out water and clear clogged storm water drains. Incidentally, during the earlier incident of flooding in early September, some of those residing in gated communities in the area had to be evacuated in tractors. They had to leave behind their expensive cars. Anyway, reopening of a major storm water drain, encroached by the gated communities in the area helped the water to recede.

Some popular stories of this blogger –

Taiwan has allies in the Pacific and Lithuania is its newest unofficial ally

Bengaluru, the Silicon Valley of India, reels under floods – authorities issue yellow alert for next few days

The Chinese XPeng X2 two-seater flying car completed the first public test flight in Dubai

Airlines hike airfare from Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata to Patna ahead of the festive season

The Princess Royal made Daniel Craig a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George at Windsor Castle

Hurricane Michael of 2018 destroyed Mexico Beach and the earlier residents are unable to return because of high costs

A cyclonic circulation developing over the Andaman Sea threatens Kolkata with rains during Diwali

African elephants adapt themselves to an arid landscape of rocky mountains in northwest Namibia

Taiwan opens its doors to tourists after easing COVID-19 border curbs