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‘Storm on steroids,’ massive tornadoes wreak havoc in Australia: 20 injured

A driver and passenger narrowly miss being sucked up by a tornado in New South Wales after it touched down metres from their car.

the Telegraph

22 March, 2013

Two  Australian  men made a dramatic escape from a tornado in New South Wales after the twister touched down only metres from their car.

Daniel Clarke, 24, told Australia's 7 News channel how he was driving from the town of Mulwala to nearby Barooga when the tornado, which was around 50 metres wide at its base, appeared in a field next to them.

Nearby power lines exploded with a blue flash as they were hit by the whirling column of air.

With rain and debris hammering the windscreen as the tornado advances towards them, Mr Clarke reverses at speed before performing a hand-brake turn in the road.

But the twister continues to barrel through the adjoining field, travelling almost parallel to their car at a speed of approximately 50mph.

"I've never seen a demonstration of Mother Nature like that, it was just very intense and very scary," said Mr Clarke, who subsequently uploaded footage of the incident to his YouTube channel.