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		</div><p>Chaos hit parts of Wales after winds of up to 94mph, and what was described as a &#8220;tornado&#8221;, left properties damaged and tore down trees.</p>
<p>The seaside town of Aberystwyth bore the brunt as the powerful gusts swept across the area, prompting a host of road closures.</p>
<p>Police said no injuries had been reported, but a number of caravans were overturned around the town and several roofs were left damaged.</p>
<p>Witnesses reported a tornado hitting the area, but the Met Office and Meteogroup said they had yet to confirm the reports.</p>
<p>Smashed windows and the wreckage of one overturned caravan were pictured on social media, while another video showed a metal frame being blown down some steps.</p>
<p>Thomas Scarrott, 34, who was at the Clarach Bay caravan site, said: <i>&#8220;The park is closed at the moment, but if this happened during the peak time then I think we would have been in a bit of trouble.</p>
<p>&#8220;I saw caravans getting thrown about in the air, it happened very quick so it went from being very calm, very normal and autumnal to absolute devastation and carnage.</p>
<p>&#8220;It took a very direct path through the middle of the park.</p>
<p>&#8220;It seems to have all the characteristics of a tornado, when you look at the damage it&#8217;s done, it&#8217;s not only lifted up caravans, it&#8217;s also picked up concrete bollards that are in the ground and threw them around.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Trees and roof tiles were also blown into roads, with several being forced to close, Dyfed Powys Police said.</p>
<p>The Aberystwyth lifeboat station recorded its strongest gust at 82 knots &#8211; 94 mph &#8211; shortly after 10.30am.</p>
<p>Although 94mph is fast enough to exceed hurricane speed, forecasters said the wind came in surges and did not last long enough to be classified as a hurricane.</p>
<p>The <i>&#8220;extreme winds&#8221;</i> swept inland across mid-Wales towards Shrewsbury over the course of Thursday, Meteogroup said.<br />
In the village of Shawbury, Shropshire, forecasters recorded a wind speed of 84mph.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, forecasters warned that snow could arrive in parts of the UK overnight, with the Pennines expected to receive several centimetres, while footage from high roads in Cumbria showed it covered.</p>
<p>Construction equipment-maker JCB briefly suspended production at its digger plant in Rocester, Staffordshire, after what it described as &#8220;hurricane force&#8221; winds knocking down a wall. No-one was injured in the incident and the area had been cordoned off, the firm said.</p>
<p>JCB&#8217;s backhoe assembly manager Richard Williams, from Stramshall, near Uttoxeter, said: <i>&#8220;I was about 30 yards away at the time and I heard an enormous crash.</p>
<p>&#8220;I turned around and saw the wall and the windows had come out and a big whirlwind of leaves and branches blowing around outside. Luckily no-one was in the vicinity at the time.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>A JCB spokeman said of the weather conditions: &#8220;<i>Employees who have been here for decades said they had never seen anything like it.&#8221;</i></p>
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