Tornado-like funnel cloud hovers over Cornwall as storms BATTER the UK
THESE pictures show a threatening tornado-like funnel cloud over Cornwall as heavy storms prepare to batter the UK.
Yellow warning issued for heavy rain
Storm-chaser Matt Stansfield, 32, could not believe his eyes when the rare cloud formation he had been hunting for years appeared right outside his bedroom window.
Professional photographer Mr Stansfield devotes most of his spare time to photographing weather.
He has captured photographs of lightning, blizzards and all forms of bad weather, but his favourite cloud formation, the funnel cloud, had always alluded him.
Tornado-like funnel cloud pictured in Cornwal
Whenever there's weather I get in the car and drive to capture the storms
But on Tuesday, Mr Stansfield finally managed to spot and get pictures of one.
Mr Stansfield, from Saltash, Cornwall, said: "I've always wanted to see one, whenever there's weather I get in the car and drive to capture the storms.
"To get this out the window at home is quite a surprise, it's not what you expect to see, especially in your home town. They are quite rare."
Met Office has issued a weather warning for much of the UK for heavy rain
Yellow warnings for rain are currently in place for London, the South East, Midlands and East Anglia
The Met Office has issued a weather warning for much of the UK with heavy rain, thunderstorms and possibly hail set to batter mainly southern areas.
Yellow warnings for rain are currently in place for London, the South East, Midlands and East Anglia.