Tornado Touches Down In Springfield, N.J. Amid Severe Weather
The National Weather Service says the EF0 tornado touched down at around 2:47 p.m.
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The National Weather Service says the EF0 tornado touched down at around 2:47 p.m.
Dramatic video shows high winds lifting an employee's car and throwing it into the front glass wall of a company called Castle Windows in a business park in Mount Laurel, near I-295.
Officials with the National Weather Service have not determined the strength of the cyclone, but say it touched down in Mullica Hill, just outside of Philadelphia.
A major cleanup was underway Wednesday in Morris County, where many trees came tumbling down during Tuesday night's storm.
The move comes after National Weather Service officials confirmed an EF-1 tornado hit Stanhope and Hopatcong, N.J.
The EF0 tornado started as a waterspout before climbing onshore at around 7:35 a.m. It moved across part of the island and then headed back into the water, officials said.
Tornadoes were also confirmed to have touched down in Ronkonkoma on Long Island and in New Canaan, Connecticut.
"It just sounded like a really loud train going through my house. It was crazy. It was frightening," resident Helen Johnson said.
Screams of panic were heard Wednesday evening as a possible tornado tore through buildings in Poughkeepsie.
Officials say at least one person was killed and 25 were people were injured when a tornado hit a mobile home park near Chetek in western Wisconsin.
Several fatalities have been reported and dozens of people were taken to hospitals after a tornado hit a small city in East Texas, authorities said.
Tornadoes hit parts of southeastern Louisiana, on Tuesday destroying homes and businesses and injuring about 40 people.
Most of the damage is in the eastern part of the city, which includes the Ninth Ward, the area devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
A tornado was confirmed in Warren County, New Jersey during a round of severe storms that plowed through the area on Thursday.
Forecasters plan to examine photos and speak to emergency management officials as they try to determine if a tornado touched down in New Jersey.
"I hope it doesn't come this way," she's heard saying. But in just a few minutes, it would be barreling down on her.
Friends and family prepared to say a final goodbye to a Jersey City couple who were killed by a tornado in Virginia.
The Jersey City Youth Foundation will donate 50 percent of its proceeds from the event to the children of Lord Balatbat and Lolibeth Ortega.
Lord Balatbat and Lolibeth Ortega were at the Cherrystone Family Camping and RV Resort with their three children when the twister tore through the campground, toppling a tree onto their tent.
Strong winds and heavy rain pounded parts of the Tri-State Area Tuesday evening. Storms on Tuesday were also blamed for the deaths of three people upstate near Syracuse.
A tornado touched down near Paramus, N.J. during the round of violent storms Monday afternoon, the National Weather Service confirmed.
The film star and soon-to-be first-time dad kicked off the third annual Valspar Hands for Habitat charity campaign on Monday. The initiative auctions the painted hand prints of Hollywood's hottest stars, like Lea Michele, Heather Graham, Naomi Watts, Stacy Keibler, Minka Kelly, Kate Bosworth and Susan Sarandon, to benefit Habitat for Humanity's Disaster Response Programs.
The twister touched down at 10:05 a.m. with maximum speeds of 75-85 mph. It was two miles in length and about 50-100 yards wide, the National Weather Service said.
The tornado touched down at 9:17 a.m. in Berkeley Heights in Union County. Forecasters say the twister was on the ground for about 10 minutes and cut a path of about 50 yards wide and 4.8 miles long through New Providence and Summit.
The twister set down and traveled approximately 4.8 miles through New Providence into Summit with sustained winds of 85 mph, the National Weather Service said.
