Last updated:14/05/2008
Storm blows car onto roof

A Chinese driver got the shock of his life when the car he was driving was blown onto the roof of a building during a fierce storm.

His car landed on a house roof during heavy storms in Lu Feng.

The driver said he had just turned a corner when it suddenly felt as if his car was flying through the air.

“Before I realised what was happening, my car had landed on the roof,” he told the China News Network.

Police said the bizarre accident was down to the lie of the land, as well as the wind.

“The road is actually a bit higher than the house roof,” a police spokesman said.

Local meteorologists said the city had suffered an unusually fierce windstorm, with gusts reaching up to 31.5 metres per second.

Many motorists said their windscreens were blown in - not by flying objects but by the force of the wind alone.
One garage said it had fitted 30 new windscreens in a single day.