Deadly tornadoes tear through Massachusetts- 4 dead
Posted by JAC on 6/2/2011, 6:29 am








June 2, 2011 - BOSTON, Ma

Several tornadoes touched down in Massachusetts Wednesday afternoon, killing at least four people and damaging property across more than a dozen communities.

Tornadoes were confirmed in Westfield, Springfield, West Springfield, Wilbraham, Sturbridge, Monson, Oxford, Charlton, and Agawam.

There was also a funnel cloud spotted in Worcester.

By Wednesday evening, at least four people were confirmed dead, along with several injuries.

Governor Patrick has declared a State of Emergency.

The Roman Catholic diocese of Springfield says a retired priest was among those injured.

Mark Dupont, a spokesman for the diocese, says the storm damaged St. Michael's Retired Priest Residence.  

He says one priest was injured and the remaining priests living at the facility were moved to a nearby rectory.

The extent of the man's injuries was not immediately known.

Dupont also says some windows at a Catholic high school in Springfield were blown out during the storm but all of the students were safe.

"You could see things were coming," said Deborah McCarthy, who witnessed the tornado in Springfield from inside an office building.

"Trees were starting to snap around us and the windows smashed on the upper floors. You can see cars flipped over, too."

"This is a major, major, major situation; a very dangerous situation," said WBZ-TV meteorologist Todd Gutner.


-CBS News



http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/06/01/tornadoes-touch-down-in-springfield-westfield/

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-06-02/tornadoes-touch-down-in-south-central-massachusetts-killing-4.html



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