Some of the houses caught in the path of a tornado that battered a London suburb yesterday may have to be torn down, council officials said today.
Hundreds of people spent the night with friends or in temporary housing after the tornado tore through Kensal Rise.
Six people were injured, and up to 150 homes were damaged in less than a minute yesterday. Roofs were ripped off, and walls were brought crashing down. Brent Council said 20 houses were uninhabitable.
"Some of them are quite dangerous. There are problems with roofs and chimneys teetering," a council official said.
Two of the affected streets were to open today, but the most seriously damaged, Whitmore Gardens, will remain closed all day.
Surveyors and fire crews will assess the damage as the clean-up continues.