A line of damage stretches between several townships in Dauphin County after a strong storm cell blasted through Friday morning.UPDATE: The National Weather Service has since confirmed a tornado caused the damage. Go here to read more about the twister's path."We have several hundred trees that are down. We have in excess of a dozen homes that are damaged in some way or another. We have one that is partially collapsed. We lost the roof off of a church out on Derry Street as well as many other things that we're still uncovering," said Harrisburg Bureau of Fire Chief Brian Enterline. In the Bellevue Park area of Harrisburg, fallen trees and branches crushed a car and damaged homes.Trees were also toppled along Market Street, and trees and branches fell onto the paths at Reservoir Park.Part of the roof of the Harrisburg BIC Church ended up across the street.The church said in a statement on Facebook that the roof damage led to flooding in the upstairs office area and the children's classrooms."The damage is not building-wide at this point, for which we are grateful," the statement said.Video below: Church damageEnterline said it will take some time to fully assess the damage. "We've been in contact with our partners at Dauphin County as well as the National Weather Service, giving them information and updates to determine whether we had simple straight line winds or was this actual tornadic activity. We're pumping that information to them to be able to make that determination," he said.The Midtown Cinema dealt with flooding that left its floor soggy. Restoration work will keep the business closed for weeks."This is an incredible storm to have passed through here in Harrisburg. I've personally seen very few situations like this, and I've lived here for 15 years. This is the most extensive damage we've had here at the cinema, for sure," said Stuart Landon, the director of community engagement.The swath of destruction can be traced from Susquehanna Township down to Swatara Township. The powerful storm cell, which was from the remnants of Debby, ripped through the area early in the morning. No injuries were reported.
HARRISBURG, Pa. —
A line of damage stretches between several townships in Dauphin County after a strong storm cell blasted through Friday morning.
UPDATE: The National Weather Service has since confirmed a tornado caused the damage. Go here to read more about the twister's path.
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"We have several hundred trees that are down. We have in excess of a dozen homes that are damaged in some way or another. We have one that is partially collapsed. We lost the roof off of a church out on Derry Street as well as many other things that we're still uncovering," said Harrisburg Bureau of Fire Chief Brian Enterline.
In the Bellevue Park area of Harrisburg, fallen trees and branches crushed a car and damaged homes.
Trees were also toppled along Market Street, and trees and branches fell onto the paths at Reservoir Park.
Part of the roof of the Harrisburg BIC Church ended up across the street.
The church said in a statement on Facebook that the roof damage led to flooding in the upstairs office area and the children's classrooms.
"The damage is not building-wide at this point, for which we are grateful," the statement said.
Video below: Church damage
Enterline said it will take some time to fully assess the damage.
"We've been in contact with our partners at Dauphin County as well as the National Weather Service, giving them information and updates to determine whether we had simple straight line winds or was this actual tornadic activity. We're pumping that information to them to be able to make that determination," he said.
The Midtown Cinema dealt with flooding that left its floor soggy. Restoration work will keep the business closed for weeks.
"This is an incredible storm to have passed through here in Harrisburg. I've personally seen very few situations like this, and I've lived here for 15 years. This is the most extensive damage we've had here at the cinema, for sure," said Stuart Landon, the director of community engagement.
The swath of destruction can be traced from Susquehanna Township down to Swatara Township.
The powerful storm cell, which was from the remnants of Debby, ripped through the area early in the morning.
No injuries were reported.
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