30,000 HOMES WASHED AWAY IN WALSALL AFTER MAN KNOCKS OVER SPORTS DIRECT MUG OF TEA

More than 30,000 homes have been washed away in South Essex after a man from Southend knocked over a Sports Direct mug of tea.

Shortly after 3pm today, Giles Kursaal from Rusty Knot Close was enjoying a cuppa in his £1 branded accessory when his cat Parsons leapt onto his desk and caused him to throw his drink all over the floor.

Within minutes, a tsunami of tea was visible from across the Thames Estuary in Walsall, and 20ft waves were reported to the emergency services.

A witness said, ‘I have never been so terrified.’

‘A police helicopter arrived to begin airlifting people who were stranded on top of their homes, but nobody saw it as they were all indoors posting on Facebook to say that they had seen a police helicopter and were wondering why it was hovering around.’

‘If they don’t take the local crimewatch group down within the next thirty minutes, I fear that thousands could drown.’