'You would not believe it!' - Residents near Wolverhampton face aftermath of Storm Darragh months on as 50-tonne tree still in their gardens

It fell into the gardens of two properties on Radford Lane in Lower Penn, including Peter Scarrott's.

Mr Scarrott was in his bedroom on the evening it happened and described hearing the "horrendous" sounds of the storm, which also ripped the roof off his home.

It wasn't until the next morning however that the 80-year-old discovered the large tree had been brought down.

Recalling the night of the storm, Mr Scarrott told the Express & Star: "It was so windy, it ripped the roof off, it was like a train - a hell of a noise.

"In all the noise we didn't actually hear the tree fall but my daughter contacted me [the next day] to say 'dad your tree has gone'.

"The noise was horrendous. I was actually in my bedroom in the time and it was just like all the air had been sucked out of the room - it folded the roof up like a pack of cards.”

Mr Scarrott, who lives at the property with his wife and daughter, used to work as a director at a wholesale business and has estimated the weight of the tree is equivalent to more than 130,000 cans of Coke.

The tree still remains lying across the two gardens now almost three months on from the storm, which saw the Met Office issue a yellow weather warning for wind affecting the Black Country and resulted in train delays and cancellations, flood warnings and the cancellation of outdoor markets.

Mr Scarrott claims the tree fell from the driveway which runs next to his property and leads to sports club, The Old Wulfrunians Club. The road where the tree reportedly fell is not a public highway.

He also claims people have trespassed in his garden due to the tree bringing down fence panels when it fell, as well as causing damage to the roof of his shed.

He added: "Because all the fences have broken down, people come in the garden. When the snow came, there were footprints all over my garden.

“You would not believe it. The hole in the road - it's enormous. All of a sudden when the tree fell there was a lot more light coming in the house - the tree surgeon who came said they don't come any bigger than this. He said it's like 50 tonnes. You can't believe it."

The tree also fell into the garden of Marlyn and Frank Humphreys, who are both aged in their 80s and have lived at the property for around 45 years.

Their son, Peter Humphreys, said: "I have been up a few times to see my parents - they are very elderly so they can't deal with it.

"The fence has broken. Somewhere under that tree there is an apple tree and a hedge. There is quite a lot of the top end of the tree in the garden."