‘Like A Bomb’ Annapolis Neighborhoods Reeling From EF-2 Tornado With 125mph Winds

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — An EF-2 tornado tore an 11.25-mile way of devastation done Anne Arundel County connected Thursday, and radical are inactive cleaning up the mess.

Preliminary harm survey results from the Annapolis tornado. pic.twitter.com/DV2hgORzya

— NWS Baltimore-Washington (@NWS_BaltWash) September 2, 2021

On Drew Street successful Annapolis, there’s harm everyplace you look from trees connected cars to downed powerfulness lines.

#AnnapolisTornado damage; nary 1 was hurt. Neighbors are moving hard to retrieve @wjz #MdWx pic.twitter.com/MFEg3dhiCE

— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) September 2, 2021

Joyce Huey lived done the almighty tornado. She described it arsenic a “like a bomb” going disconnected successful her community.

The extortion is disconnected this location successful Annapolis. Incredible determination were nary large injuries from this tornado @wjz #AnnapolisTornado pic.twitter.com/KjcvstOkim

— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) September 2, 2021

She showed WJZ the ample histrion that fell astatine the extremity of her driveway.

“I ne'er heard a happening until things started banging against the walls,” Huey told WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren. “I gingerly opened the drapes and perked out, and the adjacent happening I saw was that immense histrion that ever stood astatine the extremity of the driveway. It was wholly down. I was stunned.”

She said, “it’s similar a blessing” that nary of her neighbors were injured.

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One artifact away, Jan Lee came backmost to a location without portion of its roof.

“It mightiness beryllium six months for america to get backmost into our homes,” she told Hellgren. “I’m astir apt inactive successful shock. I’m like, ‘Is this real?’ I’m not sure. Just shock. Shock and awe. Disbelief.”

#AnneArundel County has declared a Local State of Emergency successful effect to harm caused by the remnants of Tropical Depression Ida: https://t.co/BdvuaHUfL6 pic.twitter.com/hKXXLrzJjb

— County Executive Steuart Pittman (@AACoExec) September 2, 2021

Behind her connected West Street, you could spot the entity aft the tornado ripped the extortion disconnected 1 business. The politician toured the harm and promised to assistance with authorities and national aide.

“You truly can’t admit however atrocious the harm is until you get present connected the ground. Everyone saw the images connected tv each night, and it’s evidently devastating. But It’s worse than radical would expect. We’re conscionable truthful thankful we didn’t person immoderate nonaccomplishment of life, and we truly didn’t person radical who were earnestly injured,” Hogan said.

This morning, I toured tempest harm successful Edgewater with authorities and section officials. The grade of demolition is devastating, and our hearts spell retired to each those affected. We volition supply immoderate resources are indispensable to assistance the assemblage recover. pic.twitter.com/2WyhqKuNBy

— Governor Larry Hogan (@GovLarryHogan) September 2, 2021

And portion immoderate are inactive reeling from the storm, others whose homes are not damaged came retired to help.

“We grew up successful this community. If it happened to me, I would privation them to bash the aforesaid thing. These radical are household and we are going to beryllium determination for them,” said Viola Johnson.

The City of Annapolis declared a authorities of emergency, which brings much resources to those who are inactive suffering from the devastation of this tornado.

According to the Annapolis Department of Planning and Zoning, gathering inspectors determined determination are 38 radical displaced with 3 buildings destroyed, 24 condemned buildings, 26 structures with large damage, and 49 buildings with insignificant damage. “Those numbers are expected to emergence arsenic inspectors proceed their enactment connected Thursday,” the metropolis said successful a statement.

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