BoM Is Investigating A Possible Tornado In The Illawarra On Sunday As If Floods Weren’t Enough

The Bureau of Meteorology is investigating whether a literal tornado or waterspout (a type of tornado that forms over water) ripped through parts of the Illawarra on Sunday, tearing roofs off dozens of homes. Someone give these residents a break. About 40 homes were damaged at Bellambi and Corrimal including a two-storey apartment block that had its roof shredded. Bellambi residents described the noise at about 2:30am on Sunday as “all hell broke loose”. “I just sounded like raring thunders, like a wave coming … sort of a roar, and all-of-a-sudden just noise everywhere,” one resident told the ABC.

BoM said it was unable to confirm the weather event that caused the damage because it was too small and too short to be tracked by weather radars, but forecasters hadn’t ruled it out.