A man whose street was damaged when the Greater Manchester tornado tore through his town has revealed how going to the pub for a pint 'saved his life.'<br /><br />Euan Welsh, 21, was in Wetherspoons when 80mph winds swept through Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, on Wednesday (27/12).<br /><br />Dozens of locals were advised to stay inside 'due to the severity of the damage caused and risk to public safety while at least 100 homes were damaged.<br /><br />Shocking pictures show houses with gaping holes in their roofs while dozens of cars were battered by falling bricks, trees and debris.<br /><br />Euan, who lives on Cherry Grove, has now told how not walking straight home from work and going to the pub instead may have saved his life.<br /><br />He said: “I was in Wetherspoons when it happened. <br /><br />"The windows from the Bistro next to it came in.<br /><br />“I just finished work and I was going to walk home when I decided to go to the pub - so a pint saved my life possibly."<br /><br />His dad Kevin Welsh, 57, added he had 'never experienced anything like this' since he moved into the property 36 years ago.<br /><br />He said: "I was watching the Woman in Black when I heard all this noise outside.<br /><br />“I've lived here for 36 years and never experienced anything like this.<br /><br />"We do get strong winds but only in one direction, this was came from every direction and lasted all of one minute.”<br /><br />Lyndsey Moody, 45, lives on nearby Hill Hough Road with her husband and two children and was one of the worst affected by the tornado. <br /><br />She claims her son is lucky to be alive - as a chimney fell through the house and onto his bed.<br /><br />Lyndsey said: "We had animals in the house - the dog, three cats and a turtle, when it hit.<br /><br />"There was one in the front bedroom, a chimney fell through and almost killed my son - if he was in bed the chimney would've killed him."<br /><br />She also said it took just 20 seconds for the tornado to tear her home apart and now she's been left with 'nothing.'<br /><br />Lyndsey added: "After that it was still, nothing - now we have to deal with the aftermath.<br /><br />"We had the photo albums in the loft, they are gone with the rest of it. <br /><br />"Christmas presents, computers, the lot."<br /><br />Jeffrey Sheehan, 68, was out walking his dog just ten minutes before the high winds struck.<br /><br />He said it sounded like 'someone was throwing rocks at the window' and he saw a roof 'blowing past' his house.<br /><br />Jeffrey said: “We had just got in from walking the dog, we put him to bed then not even 10 minutes later we heard this noise.<br /><br />"My wife said it has just started to hailstone and I said ‘I was just out there, it must just be heavy rain.’<br /><br />“Then, it was like someone was throwing rocks at the windows and there was this loud swoosh sound. <br /><br />"We looked outside and there was a roof blowing past the window.<br /><br />“It's nothing like I've ever experienced before.”<br /><br />Chief Superintendent Mark Dexter has urged members of the public to 'avoid the area' because of the amount of debris on the road.<br /><br />He said: “This incident has undoubtedly affected numerous people in the Stalybridge are
