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Storm-weary New Englanders are cleaning up after tornadoes caused damage and lifted a car off a highway in Rhode Island. Firefighters rushed to help the startled motorist on Interstate 295
A startled driver was lifted 10 feet up in the air by a rare tornado in storm-weary New England that damaged homes, flooded roads and toppled trees. Storms damaged homes and cars and made for hazardous driving across New England. A few thousand power outages but no injuries were reported. The hardest-hit communities in Rhode Island were Johnston and Scituate. Meanwhile, parts of Vermont braced for possible flash flooding even as residents and businesses rebuild from extensive flooding earlier in the summer.
A wet and windy weather system tore a wild path through southern New England on Friday, unleashing at least three tornadoes that brought nickel-size hail and winds that lifted and flipped cars, uprooted massive trees, and generated a waterspout in the ocean off Boston.