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| 'Amazing that we were out when car port collapsed' | 'Amazing that we were out when car port collapsed' |
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| Debbie Cooper found the "horrendous" damage after popping out for an hour | Debbie Cooper found the "horrendous" damage after popping out for an hour |
| A woman has described how her car port was reduced to "just rubble" and other parts of her home damaged during Storm Darragh. | A woman has described how her car port was reduced to "just rubble" and other parts of her home damaged during Storm Darragh. |
| Debbie Cooper, from Eastern Green, Coventry, told BBC CWR she felt thankful no-one was at home when bricks fell from an adjacent property during strong winds on Saturday evening. | Debbie Cooper, from Eastern Green, Coventry, told BBC CWR she felt thankful no-one was at home when bricks fell from an adjacent property during strong winds on Saturday evening. |
| "It was amazing really that we weren't in the property when it happened, we had popped to my daughter's for an hour," she said. | "It was amazing really that we weren't in the property when it happened, we had popped to my daughter's for an hour," she said. |
| In neighbouring Warwickshire, police said the storm led to "unprecedented demand" with its control room receiving 671 calls on Saturday. | In neighbouring Warwickshire, police said the storm led to "unprecedented demand" with its control room receiving 671 calls on Saturday. |
| Ms Cooper said she was shocked to find the damage after returning from visiting her daughter and grandchildren. | Ms Cooper said she was shocked to find the damage after returning from visiting her daughter and grandchildren. |
| "We went out and we came back to see that the car port had just collapsed on the driveway and it's been horrendous." | "We went out and we came back to see that the car port had just collapsed on the driveway and it's been horrendous." |
| She said the damaged building was assessed as safe by the council and fire service on Saturday but she believed its condition had since worsened. | She said the damaged building was assessed as safe by the council and fire service on Saturday but she believed its condition had since worsened. |
| She is now scared to use her kitchen in case the roof collapses. | She is now scared to use her kitchen in case the roof collapses. |
| "The bricks are on the roof to the extension of the kitchen and that is about to give way," she said. | "The bricks are on the roof to the extension of the kitchen and that is about to give way," she said. |
| Part of the car port roof is resting on scaffolding which had been put up for other work | Part of the car port roof is resting on scaffolding which had been put up for other work |
| Ms Cooper, who has contacted her insurers, said the car port's roof was repaired only a week ago. | Ms Cooper, who has contacted her insurers, said the car port's roof was repaired only a week ago. |
| Despite being upset, she was relieved no-one was hurt. | Despite being upset, she was relieved no-one was hurt. |
| "We could have been so easily caught underneath it," Ms Cooper said. | "We could have been so easily caught underneath it," Ms Cooper said. |
| She added some of the car port's weight was resting on scaffolding put up because their home was having a new roof built. | She added some of the car port's weight was resting on scaffolding put up because their home was having a new roof built. |
| "If it hadn't have been there I think it would have crashed into the house and we wouldn't have been able to get in and out of the front door," she said. | "If it hadn't have been there I think it would have crashed into the house and we wouldn't have been able to get in and out of the front door," she said. |
| Meanwhile, in Warwickshire, a woman took to social media to thank people for helping her and her 15-year-old daughter after part of a tree went through the car windscreen as she drove in Leek Wootton on Saturday evening. | |
| She said the tree narrowly missed her daughter. "To say we were extremely lucky is an understatement," she wrote. | |
| The tree narrowly missed a 15-year-old girl | |
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