Most of the tornados we get in the UK are small and don’t have much impact, but occasionally they can be big, as was the case in Birmingham in 2005.

the UK gets an average of 30-50 tornadoes a year.



That tornado lasted for around 10 minutes with wind speeds up to 145mph. It uprooted around 1000 trees, injured 19 people and had a cost of around £40 million.



But what’s it like to be in the path of one of the most powerful tornados? Paul Knightley is a storm chaser who travels to tornado alley in the US every year to seek out tornadoes.