EF3 Tornado Rips Across North Carolina Community, Levels Homes, Kills 3
“By that time, I pretty much knew what was going on,” Clemmons said.
He ran back inside, grabbed his son, told his wife to get their daughter, and the four huddled inside a closet as a monster EF3 tornado barreled their way.
The twister killed three people and injured 10 others as it struck neighborhoods just inland from the barrier island of Ocean Isle Beach shortly before midnight Monday, ripping homes apart and flipping over cars, authorities said. It was spawned along the edge of the same weather system that brought bitterly cold temperatures to much of the nation.
Updated at 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 16, 2021. An apparent tornado ripped through North Carolina's Brunswick County, killing at least three people and injuring 10
EF3 tornado with 160 mph winds levels homes in Brunswick County; 3 dead, 10 injured Associated Press
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An EF3 tornado killed three people and injured 10 others when it struck late Monday night in Brunswick County, near Ocean Isle Beach in southeastern North Carolina. The twister left residents trapped or missing and dozens of homes damaged, officials said.
‘Something unlike I have ever seen’: At least 3 dead after tornado strikes NC coast
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“Last night’s tornado in Brunswick County has been rated as a high-end EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita damage scale with winds estimated at 160 mph,” the National Weather Service in Wilmington tweeted.
It was late Monday night when the power went out at Jesse Clemmons' home in coastal North Carolina. He went outside to start up the generator and heard a loud roar approaching from the woods.
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