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19:05 GMT, Thursday, 28 July 2005 20:05 UK

In pictures: Birmingham tornado

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Wind speeds of up to 130mph uprooted hundreds of trees

Cars were crushed by falling trees

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Many cars were crushed beneath them

Images of storm taken from Custard Factory in Digbeth - Picture: Steve Best

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Much of Birmingham fell under darkness for several minutes as the storm hit

Kings Heath High Street is cordoned off

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Emergency services arrived shortly afterwards

Debris litters Kings Heath High Street

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They cordoned off streets after finding homes and businesses wrecked

Iceland store in Kings Heath - Picture: James Johnstone

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The tornado ripped off the front of the Iceland food store in Kings Heath

Street in south Birmingham - Picture: Sarah Hyde

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One eye witness described the scene as being reminiscent of a "film set"

Two trees block a Moseley street - Picture: Jonathan Hill

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The freak winds also affected the Moseley area of the city

Tree on a car in Birmingham - Picture: Kevin White

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Nineteen people were hurt in the storm, three seriously

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