Tornado hit in the morning This Wednesday the city of Montebello was classified as level EF1 on the Fujita scale..
The phenomenon was recorded at 11:14 in the industrial area of Montebello, it remained on the ground for two to three minutes and shattered the roofs of some buildings, debris from which damaged cars parked near South Vale Street and Washington Boulevard..
In accordance with National Weather Service (NWS)the tornado had a damage path of 0.42 miles and was 50 yards wide.
Connected: Tornado rips roofs off buildings in Montebello and injures at least one person
The NWS report comes after the agency immediately sent a team to Montebello, a city located 8 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, to assess damage caused by the tornado.
Specialists determined that the tornado reached category EF1, with wind gusts of 110 mph.
As a result of the tornado at least 17 buildings damaged, 11 of them with red seals. The NWS said one person was injured.
Witnesses reported that the tornado tore off the roofs of several buildings and pieces of metal damaged several cars.
“All the windows in the car were broken, there was a mess. I saw cars speeding through the streets and it was the craziest thing I have ever seen in my life. I was only inches away from him, I had to turn back,” the owner of the recycling company he was running told ABC when the tornado struck.
According to the authorities, It was the strongest tornado to hit the Los Angeles metropolitan area in 40 years..
In February, a tornado hit Los Angeles County, knocking down several trees in the Whittier and La Mirada area.
Another tornado was reported in Carpinteira on Tuesday evening. in southeast Santa Barbara County that gusts reached 75 mph and damaged mobile homes.
keep reading:
· A severe storm is moving away from California, leaving at least five dead and causing extensive damage.
· Heavy rains, winds and even tornadoes claim lives and destruction in California
Heavy rain and snowfall again this Wednesday in southern California.
Source: La Opinion
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