>> STUNNING VIDEO SHOWING A TORNADO TEARING ACROSS JACKSONVILLE SOUTH SIDE AS
TROPICAL STORM ELSA MOVED
THROUGH.
>> AND AS A MOTHER NATURE’S
DON’T
MESS WITH.
>> THIS IS WHAT THAT TORNADO
LEFT BEHIND AND ALUMINUM ROOF
RIPPED OFF AND LEFT IN A
TWISTED HEAP. AND PIECES OF
DEBRIS STREWN ACROSS A FAMILY
BUSINESS AND NAVAL SUBMARINE
BASE
KINGS BAY, PEOPLE ARE CLEANING
UP AFTER AN E F 2 TORNADO
CARVED A DESTRUCTIVE PATH FROM
ONE END TO THE BASE TO THE
OTHER 9 PEOPLE, INCLUDING A
PREGNANT WOMAN WERE INJURED.
>>MARY BAER: AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS SAYING THERE WERE 2 TORNADOES ONE IN DUVAL
COUNTY AND THE OTHER IN CAMDEN
AND WE JUST RECEIVED THIS DRONE
VIDEO OF YESTERDAY’S DAMAGE
TELLS A STORY THERE TODAY
PEOPLE ARE
CLEANING UP TOPPLED TREES
MANGLED BRANCHES AND DAMAGED
HOMES AFTER TROPICAL
STORM ELSA. OUR SKY 4
HELICOPTER FLEW OVER DAMAGE ON
THE
SOUTH SIDE AND IN THE SAN JOSE
AREA WHERE FENCES WERE BLOWN
APART
TREES DOWN.
>> PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE
THEY’VE BEEN CLEANING UP SINCE
YESTERDAY RIGHT ABOUT
THIS TIME, THE DEADLY STORM IS
NOW DROPPING HEAVY RAINS ON
NORTH CAROLINA
AND VIRGINIA, BRITTANY MULLER
JOINING US LIVE FROM SAINT
MARY’S GEORGIA WHERE A TORNADO
BLEW THROUGH BRITTANY.
>> AND THAT WAS AN EF 2 WITH WINDS UP TO 130 MILES PER HOUR AND RESPONDERS HAD A MOBILE
COMMAND POST SET UP ON
NORTH STREET HERE IN DOWNTOWN
SAINT MARY’S CREWS ARE NOW
WORKING TO RESTORE POWER WITH
DOWNED LINES BECAUSE OF THAT
TORNADO IF WE COME
OVER HERE, A MASSIVE TREE
UPROOTED NOW IS LYING ON TOP OF
A BUSINESS YOU CAN SEE ALL THE
TREE BRANCHES DOWN
AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN
CAMDEN COUNTY SAYS
250 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MOBILIZED
TO HELP.
BROKEN WINDOWS A SHED ON ITS
SIDE AND SHEET METAL SCATTERED
ACROSS YARDS EVERY TIME I SEE
IS LIKE I’M WE LIVE IN THE
MOMENT ALL OVER AGAIN MOST OF
YESTERDAY’S STORM IS A BLUR FOR
CARMELITA MCBRIDE WHO LIVES ON
ASHLEY STREET. >> I STOOD OUT YET FOR LESS AND HE CAME RUNNING OUT THE BACK.
TACKLE ME PUSH ME IN THE
BATHROOM ON THE FLOOR IN THEN
WE HEARD.
WE HEARD. >>JOY PURDY: THIS HAPPENING MCBRIDE’S NEIGHBOR’S ROOF FLEW
OFF AND PART OF IT BUSTED INTO
HER SON’S WINDOW YOU CAN HEAR
THE WINDOWS.
>> BREAKING STUFF IS COMING IN
THE HOUSE BRANDT IS LEAVES THE
WIN WAS. I REMEMBER JUST FEELING THE WIND IN THE PRESSURE WAS SO INTENSE.
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♪ >>JOY PURDY: OVER IN THE ADMIRAL’S WALK NEIGHBORHOOD A
VERY CLEAR PATH OF DESTRUCTION.
STATE MARY CITY MANAGER ROBBY HORTON SAYS THE WATER HAS SINCE BEEN REESTABLISHED WE ACTUALLY
HAD ONE TREE HAS PICKED A TOP A
TREE WAS PICKED UP
AND THROWN.
>> ABOUT 20 FEET, BUT THE THING
ABOUT IT WAS WHEN IT WENT INTO
THE GROUND IT WENT DOWN FOR
FAME AND PUNCTURE ON ONE OF
OUR WATER.
>>JOY PURDY: NOW LEFT BEHIND
UPROOTED TREES
TRAILERS OVERTURNED AND DOWNED
POWER LINES IN EVERY DIRECTION
YOU LOOK.
YOU LOOK. >> WE HAVE MOBILIZED EVERYTHING IN RESPONSE TO
THIS TORNADO. OUR NUMBER ONE
OVERARCHING PRIORITY REMAINS
LIFE SAFETY TO THIS POINT WE
HAVE NO REPORTED INJURIES
DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR
CHUCK WHITE IS WARNING
NEIGHBORS TO
USE CAUTION.
>> WHILE USING LADDERS AND
CHAINSAWS TO CLEAN UP THE
DEBRIS LEFT BEHIND LIVE IS
PATCHES.
>> DON’T TAKE A MOMENT FOR
GRANTED.
>> BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW.
>> CREWS ARE WORKING TO PICK UP THE DEBRIS AND FALLEN TREES JUST LIKE HERE IN DOWNTOWN
SAINT MARY’S THIS IS ON NORTH
STREET, NOT ONLY HERE
BUT AS WELL AS POINT, PETER
ROAD OFFICIALS ARE ASKING THE
COMMUNITY IF THEY DO NOT LIVE
IN THESE AREAS THAT WERE
DAMAGED BY THE TORNADO TO STAY
AWAY TO ALLOW CREWS TO GET TO
WORK. NOW COMING UP AT 6.
WE TALK ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION
AT KINGS BAY
AND WE HEAR FORWARD FROM ONE
WOMAN WHO LOST HER