Georgia:
A huge tornado, with winds gusting up to 130 miles per hour, hit a part of Georgia in America on Tuesday, damaging more than 50 homes.
Entire roofs and walls of homes were ripped off, exposing living rooms, kitchens, and furniture.
Jami O'Conner, a mother of two, said the twister hit her home just as she told her mother and two children to go down to the basement.
"I watched my entire living room implode and fly out the backyard with my daughter and my son sitting on the couch that I had just walked away from. All I can say is that God completely protected every one of us. There wasn't a single shard of glass, not one scratch, not one thing touched us. It was surreal," said Jammie O'Connor, a victim.
Other pictures of O'Connor's neighbourhood showed shingles torn off homes and debris scattered across front yards.
According to Georgia's Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine the total estimated damage was about 5 million US dollars
"The damage - we're putting it at about five million dollars of insured losses. That doesn't include utilities or infrastructure, other things; that's going to be homes and businesses," said John Oxendine, Georgia Insurance Commissioner.
Thankfully, no injuries were reported in the area.
The twister was part of a round of violent weather that was moving north and still pounding the East Coast of the US on Wednesday.
Tornado watches were issued for parts of East and West Virginia, and officials in Washington, D.C., handed out sandbags to protect homes from flooding.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Entire roofs and walls of homes were ripped off, exposing living rooms, kitchens, and furniture.
Jami O'Conner, a mother of two, said the twister hit her home just as she told her mother and two children to go down to the basement.
"I watched my entire living room implode and fly out the backyard with my daughter and my son sitting on the couch that I had just walked away from. All I can say is that God completely protected every one of us. There wasn't a single shard of glass, not one scratch, not one thing touched us. It was surreal," said Jammie O'Connor, a victim.
Other pictures of O'Connor's neighbourhood showed shingles torn off homes and debris scattered across front yards.
According to Georgia's Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine the total estimated damage was about 5 million US dollars
"The damage - we're putting it at about five million dollars of insured losses. That doesn't include utilities or infrastructure, other things; that's going to be homes and businesses," said John Oxendine, Georgia Insurance Commissioner.
Thankfully, no injuries were reported in the area.
The twister was part of a round of violent weather that was moving north and still pounding the East Coast of the US on Wednesday.
Tornado watches were issued for parts of East and West Virginia, and officials in Washington, D.C., handed out sandbags to protect homes from flooding.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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