July 23, 2008
Dunkirk, NY
Photographer states (sounds like an ad for Verizon) :: Waterspout moving eastward on Lake Erie near Dunkirk, NY
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July 23, 2008
Dunkirk, New York
July 24, 2008
Deerfield, New Hampshire
Photographer states :: storm damage
Families in Epsom, N.H., clean up Friday, July 25, 2008 after a severe storm hit the area Thursday. The National Weather Service on Friday confirmed that a tornado struck Deerfield. Officials said the violent storm left an intermittent path of destruction stretching about 20 miles from Epsom to New Durham.(AP Photo/Jim Cole)(AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Violent storms on Thursday in a 25-mile-long swath of central New Hampshire destroyed several homes, damaged dozens of others and left at least one person dead, authorities said as police and firefighters went door-to-door searching for more possible victims.
Other people were hurt, including the husband and baby grandson of the woman killed....
A baby's impulse to cry saves him after NH tornado (click here)
By DAVID TIRRELL-WYSOCKI – 9 hours ago
EPSOM, N.H. (AP) — The cries of a baby led rescuers to him in the wreckage of a home flattened by a tornado that killed his grandmother and blew his grandfather into the yard, officials said Friday.
Brenda Stevens, 57, and her 3-month-old grandson were both trapped between the collapsed home's first and second stories, authorities said.
The woman's husband, Harley, had headed downstairs before noon Thursday because he was worried by the heavy black clouds rolling in, Deerfield Fire Chief Mark Tibbetts said.
"No more than he got downstairs and it started throwing him from side to side and rotating him around the house," Tibbetts said.
Stevens "was blown out the side of the building and found in the side yard," state Fire Marshal William Degnan said....
Tornado touched down in N.H. storm; 200 houses damaged (click here)
July 25, 2008 05:00 PM
By Globe Staff
A tornado was to blame for some of the damage inflicted yesterday when powerful storms struck New Hampshire, state and federal officials said today, confirming reports from residents who saw a funnel cloud descend from the sky.
The tornado struck two of the hardest-hit towns, Epsom and Deerfield, killing 57-year-old Brenda J. Stevens when it destroyed her log cabin, said James C. Van Dongen, spokesman for the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency.
Van Dongen said the storm damaged a total of 200 houses and completely destroyed six. Damage on the 200 ranged from roofs that had ripped off to shingles that went missing. Nine towns suffered heavy damage, such as downed power lines and blocked roads, and six suffered minor damage, such as broken windows, he said.
Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency scoured the region, examining the damage to see if residents might be eligible for federal disaster aid. Van Dongen said the state plans to apply for aid to homeowners and assistance for debris removal. He said officials had not yet estimated a dollar figure for the damage....
