Large trees were blown down, cars were crushed, siding was ripped off houses, and downed electrical wires littered the streets of Madison in Morris County after powerful storms tore through the state late Halloween night into early Friday morning. People on the ground suspected all this destruction came from the wrath of a tornado, and…
Cleanup continues on East Side following ‘as rare as you can get’ tornado
City streets and forestry crews, utility crews and private contractors are continuing to clean up and assess damage following one of the rarest storms seen in Madison: an October tornado. National Weather Service personnel in town on Sunday to assess the damage called the tornado “as rare as you can get,” since October historically has…
Unusual October tornado hits east Madison
Tornado season in the Midwest ends around July, but this year Madison was an exception to that rule. For about 10 minutes Saturday night, a tornado ripped through the East Side of the city, hitting parts of both business-heavy East Washington Avenue and surrounding residential neighborhoods alike. It touched down from 4:58 p.m. to 5:08…