'The roof is flying off!” Multiple buildings were reported damaged after a confirmed tornado ripped through Montebello, California, about 10 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.
March 23, 2023, 3:34 PMAn aerial view of roof damage after a rare confirmed tornado touched down and ripped up building roofs in a Los Angeles suburb of Montebello, March 22, 2023.
The LA-area twister, the strongest to hit the area since March 1983, was rated an EF1, which is on the lower end of the Enhanced Fujita tornado damage scale, according to the National Weather Service. Yet the 110 mph winds the tornado generated wrecked 17 structures, including 11 that sustained significant damage, according to the National Weather Service.
"This was crazy. I mean we're used to earthquakes, but not tornados," Mike Turner, who was working in one of the damaged warehouses, toldTurner said the twister ripped off an estimated 5,000 square feet of the factory's roof. A second tornado, rated an EF0, touched down in Carpinteria in Santa Barbara County, generating 75 mph winds and damaging 25 mobile homes, according to the National Weather Service.
As the menacing storm moves into Texas and Oklahoma Thursday evening, residents are being warned to expect large-size hail and the possibility of more tornadoes forming from Dallas to Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Widespread flooding is expected over the next few days from Oklahoma to Pennsylvania.
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