Afgelopen dus week dus toch de eerste EF3, nabij Whichards Beach in Beaufort County (NC)
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The strongest tornado to strike the U.S. so far in 2014 ripped through eastern North Carolina Friday, injuring 16 and damaging more than 150 homes as part of a rash of severe storms with high winds, hail, and several other tornadoes in North Carolina and Virginia.
Preliminary damage surveys from the National Weather Service in Morehead City, North Carolina, indicated an EF3 tornado tore through Whichards Beach in Beaufort County at about 7:40 p.m. Friday. The twister damaged or destroyed 150 to 200 homes and injured 16 people, the according to Beaufort County Emergency Management Director John Pack.
Pictures on news websites showed residents salvaging items from crushed mobile homes, along with snapped trees and a mangled utility pole in eastern North Carolina.