Pandemonium ensued in Torquay as a tornado ripped through the holiday town.
A section of the Victoria Park Methodist Church roof blew into a Somerfield supermarket and an Irish bar across the road. Shop windows smashed.
Flash floods and gales brought havoc to other parts of southern England and Wales.
The Times 16/10/02 page 3
The Independent 16/10/02 page 6
