A tornado touched down briefly in Brooklyn this morning, destroying property, disrupting plans and terrifying residents all over the city.
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A tornado touched down briefly in Brooklyn this morning, destroying property, disrupting plans and terrifying residents all over the city.
From the NY Daily News:
A black funnel cloud accompanied by howling winds screamed into south Brooklyn and Queens at around 11 a.m., with reports of the potent storm hitting the ground on the Rockaway Peninsula and Carnarsie.
“I saw a big gray cloud coming and ran to my basement with my son,” said Diane Tye, 36, an office manager from Breezy Point who scooped up her son Dylan, 2, and ran to her house when she saw the tunnel cloud approach.
“It was very scary,” the breathless mom told the News just minutes after the storm passed, adding, “People around here are scared.”
The unusual storm ripped siding from homes and threw patio furniture high into the sky in Tye’s quiet beach neighborhood. Then the twister passed in just a few minutes, leaving broken windows and trees in its wake.
“I saw the whirling winds carrying things past my window. There was furniture and a surfboard flying through the air,” said Alice Marie, a retired public relations agent from Breezy Point who witnessed the storm from her living room.
It’s unclear if anyone was injured in the tornado, but it stopped traffic on the Belt Parkway and caused a stir in Carnarsie, Brooklyn, where residents reported seeing the funnel cloud touch down.
Brooklynite
And exactly what part of Brooklyn was this video taken from?? I have lived here my whole life and don’t quite remember anywhere where there is such expanses of open grass.
Cher
i was surprised this happened at 11…..it was much worse at 5 or 6! the sky was pitch black!
Weather pattern changes?
Yes there is no global warming its all just a conspiracy
Chana
doesnt look like brooklyn! I’m not doubting the turth behind it, just saying- where is this??
Mushka
Chana, Breezy Point is a 25 minute drive from brooklyn, it is not in brooklyn, but pretty close.