HOLDEN, MASS. (WHDH) - A series of powerful thunderstorms swept across the Bay State on Saturday, generating at least one radar-indicated tornado in Holden that downed trees and power lines and left some residents with damaged homes.
Toppled trees and power lines could be seen strewn across Bailey Road, where residents say they heeded the warnings and took shelter inside their homes as the storm blew through the community.
Resident Phyllis Lorraine said, “As I was walking by the window here I could see the branches falling. I saw the green coming by in front of me.
Bobby Richard also rode out the storm in his home.
“We were standing in the window watching the patio, just the heavy rain, the wind picking up and then just all the patio furniture started coming this way into the pool, against the fence and then we got the alert on our phone the tornado alert so my son said we should get downstairs,” he said. “So we quickly just went downtown stairs, we were downstairs maybe for a minute and a half, came back upstairs, completely done.”
Wind gusts in excess of 55 mph were recorded in the area and fire officials say there have not been any reported injuries. Power has been restored to most homes.
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