Cleanup Efforts Underway from Tornado Damage in Erie County
7/21/2017 7:41:13 AM
By Greg Larson
Severe weather rocked parts of Western New York Thursday afternoon. Erie County got the worst of it, as two confirmed tornadoes touched down. The National Weather Service in Buffalo says the first one touched down in Hamburg at 12:30 PM and went to Orchard Park, with estimated winds of 105 miles per hour. The second twister touched down about 20 minutes later in the Town of Holland, with estimated winds of 95 miles per hour. Governor Andrew Cuomo made a stop in Hamburg after the tornadoes hit...
Andrew Cuomo: tornado was a test
Cuomo says 100 National Guardsmen have been deployed to help with cleanup efforts...
Andrew Cuomo: National Guard assisting
A state of emergency has been declared in Hamburg and Orchard Park. As many as 23,000 residents in Erie County had lost power. The good news...there were no fatalities.