'Swirling' clouds spotted in region's skies as Met Office explain cause of them

Moment ‘tornado’ swirls over UK village caught on camera

A "tornado" was filmed swirling through West Yorkshire skies on Monday evening (21 July). Footage posted on social media in Marsden, near Huddersfield, showed a narrow tunnel of clouds stretching up towards the sky. A tornado is a rapidly rotating column of air that reaches between the base of a storm cloud and the Earth's surface; they form as part of severe thunderstorms. A spokesperson for the Met Office said: “It certainly looks like it coul…

'Swirling' clouds spotted in region's skies as Met Office explain cause of them

Met Office: Residents across North Yorkshire and parts of the North East observed Funnel Clouds in the skies of both regions on Monday (July 21).