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Thursday, May 07, 2009 3:00 AM Tornado damages 10 homes in Nash, destroys one By Antonio Velarde | Times Staff Writer NASH COUNTY -- It took about 15 seconds for the black cloud that appeared behind Luis Luengas and Evangelina Guzman's mobile home to pass. Before it did, though, the tornado that landed near their West Hornes Church Road home Tuesday night destroyed a backyard shed, ripped their home from its foundation and scattered debris. Aracely Roblero, 19, who was in the home with her mother and brother at the time, remains shaken. "When I hear little noises, I get scared," Roblero said. Nash County Emergency Services officials said in their county 11 homes were damaged by the storms Tuesday, with one home on West Hornes Church Road destroyed. Brian Brantley, emergency services director for Nash County, said most of the damage was confined to the Bailey and Middlesex areas. The worst damage was on West Hornes Church Road northeast of Bailey, where two mobile homes, including Luengas' and Guzman's, were pulled from their foundations. Farther down the road, a single-wide mobile home on a farm housing migrant workers was destroyed when a twister lifted it from its foundation and tore it apart. Other buildings at the farm also sustained damage. On Smith and Beaver Dam roads, Brantley said, most of the damage sustained to homes was minor. Brantley said officials know there were several funnel clouds spotted in the area late Tuesday night, and that the storms cut a northeastern path through southern Nash County. Terry Ellis, Nash County maintenance engineer for the N.C. Department of Transportation, said Smith Road was the only road being closed off in Nash County. Ellis said the road was closed Tuesday night after several trees became caught in power lines because of the storms. Ellis was out with N.C. DOT crews cleaning up tree limbs Wednesday. He said crews couldn't touch the power lines Tuesday night until Progress Energy cleaned up. Brantley said only one injury was reported from the storms, a man who was in the building on West Hornes Church Road that was destroyed. Brantley said he suffered only minor injuries. Lynwood Roberson, regional executive for the Frederick E. Turnage Chapter of the American Red Cross, said that as cleanup crews assess the damage from Tuesday's storms, the Red Cross is providing meals for crews and families affected by the storms. Roberson said that one family was displaced by the storm, while others were offered financial assistance. No shelter was opened in Nash County. Roblero said her family is staying in a hotel for a few days, with the help of the American Red Cross. Brantley said monetary figures on damage were not immediately available for Nash County, and he was unsure about the possibility of federal aid in the county based on the preliminary damage assessment. He did say, however, that the combined damage in Nash, Johnston and Wilson counties could make the area a candidate for outside aid. avelarde@wilsontimes.com | 265-7868 |
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