A tornado touched down in Anderson County on Saturday night, the first of two twisters to cause damage in South Carolina as strong storms moved across the area, the National Weather Service says. The EF-0 tornado had maximum winds of 85 mph when it touched down near Piedmont, south of Greenville, in an open area…
130 mph tornado damaged Midlands high school during severe storms, weather officials say
A series of powerful storms, including a tornado, rolled through the Midlands Saturday night and left a trail of damage in its wake. While examining the wreckage at a high school in the Midlands on Sunday, the National Weather Service survey team confirmed a tornado with 130 mph winds hit Kershaw County. As a cleanup…