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Tornado hits Tallahassee; damages airport January 27, 2021 at 3:45 PM EST - Updated January 27 at 3:45 PM
A tornado touched down near Florida s capital city airport, causing damage and knocking out weather radar before moving east into residential neighborhoods.
The National Weather Service reports the tornado touched down late Wednesday morning.
The damage assessment is underway at @TLHAirport, which remains closed. pic.twitter.com/9q9wg3yfZo City of Tallahassee (@CityofTLH) January 27, 2021
Tallahassee International Airport was closed as officials assessed damage, but there were no reported injuries at the facility. The city said a few thousand customers were without power.
Airport officials tweeted just before 3 p.m. that both runways were back in service and the airport was fully operational.
Leon County officials are working to prevent a repeat of the violence that took place at the U.S. Capitol last week from occurring in the Florida capital.
As Washington, D.C. erupts in chaos from those protesting the presidential election results, protesters unable to make it to D.C. are gathering in Tallahassee.