Fire Chief: Parts of Petersburg look like ‘war zone’ after twister
The cleanup continues in Petersburg after officials confirmed after a tornado ripped trees from the ground, sliced some homes into pieces and left one person injured Friday.
The cleanup continues in Petersburg after officials confirmed after a tornado ripped trees from the ground, sliced some homes into pieces and left one person injured Friday.
The National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado touched down on Friday on the western edge of Fort Hayes Common to the northeast through parts of the Battlefield Park, Oakhurst and East Walnut Hill.
Parts of North Richmond were hit hard by powerful winds and rain as storms rolled through the area early Friday evening.
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The National Weather Service will conduct some surveys of the damage to determine where tornadoes actually touched down.
“People were getting out just getting out and freaking out about what was happening,” said Bill Honeywell.
Here are some videos of Friday’s storms that turned up on YouTube.
When CBS 6 came up on Trarich Road in Petersburg Friday afternoon, it looked like a city washed away.
Here’s some video from WTKR of a tornado that moved through Hampton Friday.
Angela Pellerano says there is extensive storm damage in Petersburg.
Unfortunately, the weather is causing some a big weekend events to be cancelled for postponed.
As strong storms rolled through Central Virginia Friday afternoon, CBS 6 News crews were out capturing video of the damage the storm left behind.