A farm in Powys was hit with strong winds over the weekend which left it with a damaged roof and several felled trees.

While the rest of the country was enjoying sunny weather on June 10, areas of mid Wales and England were hit by torrential rain and thunderstorms amid the hot and humid weather.

Amid the nasty weather, a farm in Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain, close to the Powys border with Shropshire, sustained damage as a result of the strong wind and rain.

Owner Gill Thomas said the wind was strong enough to peel the roof off part of her property.

She said: “It was very scary when I realised this was not a normal summer storm.

“The wind just got stronger and stronger and when I saw the roof peel back and could hear so many things smashing and cracking I did start to think about where the safest place to hide was.

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“Once it passed I checked all the animals were okay. The dogs and horses were all pretty scared but luckily they were all inside, where the damage was minimal.

“Apparently my neighbour saw my two aged alpacas run for their lives when a massive tree came down in their field.

“The biggest shocks came when I went for walk as there were so many trees down that I could have cried.”

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The Met Office issues a weather warning for England and Wales on June 8, forecasting thunderstorms across the whole of Wales and parts of England.

Ms Thomas added: “We had a storm January 2014 that was confirmed as a tornado, which caused a lot more damage than this one.

“I’ve never seen a summer storm like this. It was very weird to watch. I could see a wall of dust and debris coming up the fields towards the house, almost as if it was a mini tornado.

“The clean up will be ongoing for sometime as there’s a lot of timber to clear, but thankfully the damage to buildings will be relatively simple to rectify.

“The amount of timber in the river will cause problems when it floods as it’ll push more water onto the fields.”