It happened so fast : NC residents got little warning of deadly coastal tornado
Sun News (Myrtle Beach, SC)
Feb. 17 BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C.
Christian Perrone was at home with his family before the storm hit.
Leslie Hayes had gotten home from work not long before, and was talking to her daughter on the phone.
Luis Lujano was trying to sleep. The storm woke him up.
Then, with almost no warning, a tornado registering wind gusts of 160 miles per hour touched down nearby, sending trees through the walls of their homes, stripping the siding off of houses and totaling cars. Along
Ocean Ridge Plantation was the scene of all three fatalities. The storm wounded 10.
“Our hearts go out to the families of those who’ve lost their lives, to the person who is still in critical condition, others who have been injured,” Cooper said in a press conference following his tour. “And in talking with people who’ve lost their homes but are safe, their priorities are in the right place. People seem to be very thankful that they are alive, even though their homes are damaged and they have a lot to rebuild.”
Ocean Ridge Plantation residents Kathy and Joe Arancio reflect after the tornado. (Port City Daily photo/Alexandria Sands)
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
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Millions are still without power as another storm brings more ice and frigid air to hardest-hit states
Madeline Holcombe and Jason Hanna, CNN
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(CNN) Another winter storm is raking Texas and will menace the Southeast through the Mid-Atlantic on Wednesday, piling more misery on areas already struggling with power and water outages, freezing temperatures and slippery roads.
In Houston, already home to many of the state’s millions of dayslong power outages, Angelina Villarreal was trying to stay warm Wednesday in her chilly living room, with power out since Monday and outside temperatures hovering near freezing.