A centuries-old oak tree uprooted by Storm Eunice has destroyed a part of a household dwelling in Essex after it crashing down on prime of it.
Dominic Good, 57, was on a piece convention name at his dwelling on Friday morning when he heard an “almighty crash”.
The daddy-of-two mentioned his household are “very fortunate” that no-one was injured after the massive oak tree, believed to be as much as 400 years outdated, crashed by means of the roof of their indifferent home in Stondon Massey close to Brentwood.
He mentioned: “A giant gust simply snapped the bottom of the large oak tree in our backyard, that’s in all probability round 400 years outdated.
“The entire tree fell on the north-west nook of the home and the roof took the brunt of it.
“The roof is just about destroyed, and my son and my daughter’s bedrooms are utterly crammed with rubble.”
Mr Good mentioned his spouse Emma, his 23-year-old son Sven and his son’s girlfriend Anna Parnanen had all been in several rooms of the home working when the tree crashed down.
His son additionally had his Mazda MX5 automobile “utterly crushed” by the branches of the toppled oak.
Mr Good mentioned: “My son was within the room immediately under (the place the tree hit) so he really witnessed it.
“He simply grabbed his laptop computer and grabbed the canine and ran out of the room.”
The household had predicted there might be some storm injury from the massive gusts of wind however “by no means anticipated” the extent of destruction that transpired.
“I used to be involved {that a} department may strike the home or one thing as a result of it was it was extremely robust wind, however that was one thing else,” mentioned Mr Good.
“We had been very fortunate that not one of the canines or the those who had been in the home had been affected in any approach… different than simply inhaling mud.”
The household had been in a position to spend the night time of their dwelling however are not sure as but if this might be attainable as soon as the tree is eliminated.
Mr Good mentioned: “We spent the remainder of Friday attempting to salvage stuff out of the rooms however all the pieces is roofed in mud and rubble and was only a basic mess.
“I believe in all probability as soon as they take away the tree from the home they should knock down fairly a big a part of the home and rebuild it.
“We’ll simply have to talk to the insurance coverage firm and take it from there.”
In the meantime, no less than 4 folks have been killed within the UK and Eire because of storm, which has been described as one of many worst in a long time.
The dangerous climate is ready to proceed all weekend and the Met Workplace has issued a yellow warning for wind protecting the complete south coast and south-west Wales till 6pm on Saturday, and a yellow snow warning for components of northern England from 11am till 3pm.
On Sunday, a yellow warning for wind is in place for England, Wales, and south-west Scotland. A yellow rain warning covers Lancashire and Cumbria.
Further reporting by Press Affiliation