![]() ![]() ![]() And high water on the Mississippi River is testing flood defenses in Iowa and Illinois as the river crests in the area Monday. The National Weather Service confirmed a Saturday tornado in Florida. “God took care of us.”Įlsewhere, officials were assessing damage Monday in West Virginia, Maine, Florida and California. She hadn’t experienced a tornado that strong in the 19 years she had lived there. “It just happened suddenly,” Lori Camper said. One family escaped injuries by reacting to a weather alert that came less than a minute before the tornado hit. In Virginia Beach, residents credited a cellphone warning system for helping them take shelter in time. Monday as officials took stock of unrelated tornadoes and flooding damage from over the weekend, stretching from Florida to Maine. Wreckage from destructive weather dotted the U.S. ![]() Several people described taking cover under stairwells most lack basements because the water table is so high. No one was reported injured, despite few residents being prepared for tornadoes. ![]() It was the most powerful tornado ever to hit Virginia Beach, Virginia, officials confirmed Monday. (AP) - A rare and powerful tornado sent residents of a coastal city in Virginia fleeing for cover over the weekend as it peeled roofs from buildings and pushed homes from their foundations. ![]()
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