Roundup2006: Flying ponies and flattened sheds.

No its not some sort of Holloywood epic, its th storms that hit the UK in Novemeber.

as the metro put it...

A tornado struck a quiet village, causing thousands of pounds of damage and reportedly lifting three ponies into the air.

The twister occurred on Saturday in Boarhunt, Hampshire, flattening sheds and greenhouses, uprooting trees, knocking over horseboxes, bringing down power lines and ripping the roof off a mobile home.

Paul Collins, 54, who owns three ponies he keeps at Boarhunt, said he was taking shelter from the storm when his truck moved 25 feet (eight metres) as the tornado struck and he saw his animals take off.

He told the Portsmouth News: "I looked into the field and my three ponies were 10 to 12 feet (three metres) in the air and just flopped to the ground. Luckily with all the rain the ground was soft and muddy so when they landed they just kind of skidded along a bit.