A tornado touched down briefly in Queens and Brooklyn Saturday morning, destroying property, disrupting plans and terrifying residents all over the city.
A black funnel cloud accompanied by howling winds screamed into south Brooklyn and Queens at around 11 a.m., with reports of the potent storm hitting the ground on the Rockaway Peninsula and Carnarsie.
“I saw a big gray cloud coming and ran to my basement with my son,” said Diane Tye, 36, an office manager from Breezy Point who scooped up her son Dylan, 2, and ran to her house when she saw the tunnel cloud approach.
It’s unclear if anyone was injured in the tornado, but it stopped traffic on the Belt Parkway and caused a stir in Carnarsie, Brooklyn, where residents reported seeing the funnel cloud touch down.
seemed like there was a hurricane here in albany!! on shabbos, there was plenty of rain, pouring like no tomorrow!! lots of trees fell 🙁
I was out at 10:15-trust me, no Picnic!
It started to rain at 9:45 AM. So whoever came to shul early was lucky.