Tornado is worst to hit Greenville County since 2008

The National Weather Service on Thursday confirmed that a tornado with winds of up to 110 mph struck Simpsonville this week, making it the most powerful twister to touch down in Greenville County since 2008. Investigators’ preliminary findings say Wednesday’s tornado was an EF1 on the Enhanced Fujita scale, which is estimated based on types…

Mechanicville remembers devastating tornado 18 years later

MECHANICVILLE, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Tuesday marks 18 years since a devastating tornado touched down in Mechanicville. The severe storm left people homeless as their houses were reduced to rubble. But through tragedy they’ve rebuilt. “It sounded like a freight train coming,” Dominick Clements said. On May 31, 1998, Clements was one of many people who…