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Family's roof ripped off by Storm Goretti while sheltering inside Cornwall bungalow - couple forced to flee as structure gave way. Looks like bomb site.
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Family inside home when roof was ripped off by Storm Goretti

Karl Grafton
Last updated: January 9, 2026 2:47 pm
Karl Grafton Published January 9, 2026
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Paul’s home without a roof, as it was ripped off by Storm Goretti. (Jam Press/Tod Ossitt)
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A family was inside their home when its roof was ripped off by Storm Goretti.

The horror moment was captured on video as the structure gave way.

Paul Ossitt, 49, and his wife were sheltering inside at the time.

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It happened in Nanpean, near Newquay, Cornwall on yesterday (8 Jan) at around 8pm.

They were forced to flee and sleep elsewhere, according to Paul’s brother Tod.

Paul holding on to his roof before it was ripped off by Storm Goretti. (Jam Press/Tod Ossitt)

“It was a bungalow built on the side of an old railway carriage,” he told Need To Know.

“But it looks like a bomb site now.

“The storm just ripped off the roof.”

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Family's roof ripped off by Storm Goretti while sheltering inside Cornwall bungalow - couple forced to flee as structure gave way. Looks like bomb site.
Paul’s home without a roof, as it was ripped off by Storm Goretti. (Jam Press/Tod Ossitt)
Family's roof ripped off by Storm Goretti while sheltering inside Cornwall bungalow - couple forced to flee as structure gave way. Looks like bomb site.
Paul’s home without a roof, as it was ripped off by Storm Goretti. (Jam Press/Tod Ossitt)

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