Bizarre moment two giant baubles bounce down road
Jingle ball SHOCK! Bizarre moment two giant bubbles from art installation BOUNCE down Tottenham Court Road after being swept away by high winds
- Two huge baubles seen rolling down London’s Tottenham Court Road
- The baubles were being swept by high winds in bizarre footage shared online
- It comes as the Met Office last night announced the arrival of Storm Claudio
- Baubles are an art installation by Tom Shannon which were in St Giles’ Square
This is the bizarre moment two giant baubles bounced down London’s Tottenham Court Road after being swept by high winds.
A video posted on social media – believed to have been taken in the early hours of Tuesday morning – shows the baubles rolling down the street in the capital’s centre.
The enormous baubles caused chaos amongst traffic with one appearing to blow into a moving car as the Met Office announced the arrival of Storm Claudio, set to bring gales of up to 70mph in parts of the country.
They are reportedly part of an art installation by artist Tom Shannon which was due to remain on display in St Giles’ Square until Friday.
Musician Kai Campos, one half of electronic band Mount Kimbie, wrote in an Instagram post: ‘Heartbroken to report that the extreme winds in London last night took down Tom’s beautiful ‘Four World Set’.
‘Seeing it completed on Sunday night was one of the most exciting things I’ve been involved with. The fact that it was so out in the open and public was one of the best parts of the work and when seeing the joy and intrigue it brought to everyone who walked through the square.
‘It felt like it had a life of it’s own and one that was just getting started. I’m absolutely gutted that more people won’t get to see it this week.’
Two massive baubles were seen rolling down the street in Tottenham Court Road, in the centre of London
The baubles were seen causing chaos for traffic in the footage – and one appeared to bounce in to a car
The bizarre incident was filmed and shared on social media as high winds hit
The art installation by Tom Shannon which was meant to be on display from Monday 31 October until Friday 4 November in St Giles Square, Tottenham Court Road
A tweet which shared the video said: ‘Looks like these #Christmas decorations couldn’t withstand the heavy winds in central London last night! Two giant baubles were spotted flying through Tottenham Court Road.’
One who commented on the post wrote: ‘The first bauble shedding its wrapper on impact with the signpost is perfection.’
Another said: ‘Imagine walking down the road staring at your phone then getting cleaned out by a bauble.’
One of the baubles being swept down the road by high winds as Storm Claudio sweeps in
The musician was disappointed the sculptures were blown away by ‘extreme winds’
The Met Office issued a yellow weather warning in force until 8am on Tuesday, saying the weather could risk causing disruption.
Neil Armstrong, chief meteorologist, said: ‘The biggest impacts from Storm Claudio are expected in northern France, which is why is has been named as a system by Meteo-France.
‘What it means for us in the UK is for some high winds to be possible along much of the southern coast of England.
‘Some isolated and especially exposed coastal areas could see gusts in excess of 70mph, while much of the warning area will see gusts of between 50 and 60mph.’
Conditions are unlikely to improve by midweek as low pressure moving in from the west is forecast to bring wet and windy weather.
The Met Office said winds are likely to be strongest along Irish Sea coastal areas, including western Wales, north west England and south west Scotland, as well as the east coast of Northern Ireland.
It has issued a yellow weather warning for wind on Wednesday.
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