Qld: Twister spins out elderly couple

AAP General News (Australia)
01-02-2000
Qld: Twister spins out elderly couple

BRISBANE, Jan 2 AAP - An isolated twister targeted a home in Bundaberg last night,
ripping off the roof and literally spinning around the elderly householder.

The state emergency services controller for the south eastern Queensland town, Bev
Thompson, said a small storm on Bundaberg's eastside, turned around and came back to target
the small house at Scotland Street.

The elderly home owner, aged in his eighties, was standing at a window and was spun
around by the force of the storm which ripped off the roof and batons and dumped it in
the neighbour's …