It was like a scene from movie Twister ... scary

PEOPLE TELL OF MOMENT ROOF BLOWN OFF BY WIND

- David Powell

A LEISURE centre had to close after part of the roof was torn off during Storm Bram winds last week. People living close to Holyhead Leisure Centre described the scenes as being like “the movie Twister” as gale-force winds ripped part of the roof off the building on Tuesday (pictured above).

Insulation blocks from the roof were blown hundreds of metres away from the building.

The winds battered much of northwest Wales, with weather stations registering 85mph gusts in Capel Curig and 83mph in Aberdaron. Elsewhere, trees were blown down, roads were flooded and train services cancelled.

Online footage from the scene of the leisure centre shows a huge sheet splitting from the roof and landing metres away.

The following day, a pile of debris littered the car park. It was safely weighed down before it is taken for disposal.

Nia Shaw, who was visiting her daughter's house in Mill Road, saw the footage online.

She said: “It was like the movie Twister. It was scary.”

On the damage from Storm Bram, Mrs Shaw, in her sixties, said: “These things happen but hopefully they will do proper repairs which will last a long time.