2 tornado's treffen metro D.C.
Two tornadoes strike metro D.C.
A pair of tornadoes struck suburban Washington on Sunday, mangling trees and stripping siding off several homes, the National Weather Service confirmed. No injuries were immediately reported.
The first tornado hit St. Charles, Maryland -- about 30 miles south of Washington -- just after 2 p.m. It uprooted several trees, many of which fell onto cars and homes. The strongest wind from that touchdown was 80 mph -- enough force to blow out windows.
A second tornado followed about 30 minutes later outside Hyattsville, Maryland -- about 10 miles northeast of the capital. The high-speed winds, peaking at 100 mph, hit the George E. Peters Adventist School especially hard, tearing off a portion of the roof and flinging it and mounds of debris into the parking lot.
A nearby construction trailer was also knocked over.
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A pair of tornadoes struck suburban Washington on Sunday, mangling trees and stripping siding off several homes, the National Weather Service confirmed. No injuries were immediately reported.
The first tornado hit St. Charles, Maryland -- about 30 miles south of Washington -- just after 2 p.m. It uprooted several trees, many of which fell onto cars and homes. The strongest wind from that touchdown was 80 mph -- enough force to blow out windows.
A second tornado followed about 30 minutes later outside Hyattsville, Maryland -- about 10 miles northeast of the capital. The high-speed winds, peaking at 100 mph, hit the George E. Peters Adventist School especially hard, tearing off a portion of the roof and flinging it and mounds of debris into the parking lot.
A nearby construction trailer was also knocked over.
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Small Tornadoes Strike Washington D.C. Suburbs
Damage is shown at a school in Maryland after two tornadoes whipped through suburban Washington, D.C. on Sunday.
WASHINGTON — The National Weather Service has confirmed that the damaging storms that tore through portions of Prince George's and Charles counties on Sunday were small tornadoes. Both struck between 2 and 3 p.m. The Weather Service said the first apparently touched down just south of Waldorf, then headed north, damaging roofs and bringing down tree branches. The Prince George's County Fire Department said one of its firefighters working in Chillum saw what may have been the second tornado. The twister tore off part of the roof of the George E. Peters Adventist School in Hyattsville. Students will not be able to attend the school for at least the next few days. Trailers in the parking lot were blown over by the winds, and a nearby church also was damaged by debris from the school.
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Bron: Fox News | Gewijzigd: 1 februari 2017, 16:16 uur, door Joyce.s
Damage is shown at a school in Maryland after two tornadoes whipped through suburban Washington, D.C. on Sunday.
WASHINGTON — The National Weather Service has confirmed that the damaging storms that tore through portions of Prince George's and Charles counties on Sunday were small tornadoes. Both struck between 2 and 3 p.m. The Weather Service said the first apparently touched down just south of Waldorf, then headed north, damaging roofs and bringing down tree branches. The Prince George's County Fire Department said one of its firefighters working in Chillum saw what may have been the second tornado. The twister tore off part of the roof of the George E. Peters Adventist School in Hyattsville. Students will not be able to attend the school for at least the next few days. Trailers in the parking lot were blown over by the winds, and a nearby church also was damaged by debris from the school.
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Bron: Fox News | Gewijzigd: 1 februari 2017, 16:16 uur, door Joyce.s
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