Ananova:

A Chinese driver got the shock of his life when the car he was driving was blown onto the roof of a building during a fierce storm.

The driver, of Yanbian city, Jilin province, said he had just turned a corner when it suddenly felt as if his car was flying through the air.

"Before I realised what was happening, my car had landed on the roof," he told the China News Network.

Police said the bizarre accident was down to the lie of the land, as well as the wind.

"The road is actually a bit higher than the house roof," a police spokesman said.

Local meteorologists said the city had suffered an unusually fierce windstorm, with gusts reaching up to 31.5 metres per second.

Many motorists said their windscreens were blown in - not by flying objects but by the force of the wind alone. One repair ship said it had fitted 30 new windscreens in a single day.