UPPER DUBLIN, Pa. - A Pennsylvania community is still picking up the pieces left from a devastating tornado that tore apart homes and uprooted dozens of trees last fall.The National Weather Service confirmed last September that an EF-2 tornado barreled through Fort Washington, Upper Dublin Township with peak winds of 130 MPH. The weather service said the tornado traveled from Upper Dublin to Horsham. A woman was killed when a tree fell through the roof of her home."The neighborhood was destroyed.
Roofs were blown off. Trees were gone," said. Over 250 days after the remnants of Hurricane Ida bowled over parts of Montgomery County, the damage still looks and feels fresh.
Many homeowners are still waiting for insurance money to rebuild. An EF-2 tornado touched town in Upper Dublin Township and traveled to Horsham Wednesday during the peak of the severe weather.Last fall's devastating weather event has left some locals understandably traumatized at the prospect of severe weather. FOX 29's Chris O'Connell visited Upper Dublin on Monday as forecasters called for strong storms with the capability of producing isolated tornadoes."I'm 53-years-old and I never saw a tornado in my life, so I didn't think tornados could happen here," Nathan Herring recalled.
"I thought they were in Kansas, so hopefully we won't ever see another one." It's not just Upper Dublin that's left shaken by the remnants of Hurricane Ida. Schools from Montgomery County to Philadelphia to Camden called off afternoon activities and some allowed for early dismissal due to the severity of the forecasted storms. The National Weather Service issued a region-wide Severe Thunderstorm Watch, and warned of wind gusts that could reach 70 MPH.
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