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ALERT: TORNADO TOUCHES DOWN IN QUEENS

Weird weather! Tornadoes striking in NY.

NBCNewYork.com reported:

A possible tornado has touched down in New York City’s boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn Saturday afternoon.

Fire officials are reporting structural damage and downed power lines in Breezy Point. Multiple trees and power lines have also been reported down in Flatbush, along with possible structural damage.

A tornado watch will remain in effect for parts of Queens and Brooklyn, as well as counties in Long Island, Connecticut and New Jersey.

At 10:54 a.m. Saturday, the National Weather Service Doppler Radar indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado near Rockaway Beach moving northeast at 25 mph. An earlier warning indicated another severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado near Sheepshead Bay, or near Flatbush.

Other locations in the warnings included Canarsie, Crown Heights, Howard Beach, Kennedy Airport, Ozone Park, Forest Hills, Jamaica, Little Neck, Clearview Expressway, Whitestone, Jackson Heights, Flushing and Bayside.

Anyone in the path of thisdangerous storm was advised to move indoors and to the lowest level of the building, away from windows.

 

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