During a tornado,that formidable Victorian Mary Kingsley encountered a leopard. “The massive, mighty trees were waving like a wheat-field in an autumn gale in England, or ” she reports in Travels in West Africa (1897).“The tornado shrieked like ten thousand vengeful demons. The powerful trees creaked and groaned and strained against it and their bush-rope cables groaned and smacked like whips,and ever and anon a thundering crash with snaps like pistol shots told that they and their mighty tree had strained and struggled in vain. The fierce rain came in a roar, tearing to shreds the leaves and the blossoms and deluging everything. Related: Weatherwatch: Travels in West Africa Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com