Rare tornado whips through small Australian town

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Several people in Ulladulla, New South Wales, filmed the moment a rare tornado came through the town on 3 October.

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology said the phenomenon was caused by "severe" thunderstorms and that it was "very uncommon to see one in such a populated place".

The weather incident caused damage to properties and knocked over some trees, it added.

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