The weather service confirmsa tornado ripped through Sampson Countyearly Tuesday.
From Sky5, it's easy to see thepath the twister cut just south ofspivey's corner.
Watch a QuickTime movie ofaerial damagevideofrom Sky5.
The tornado tore a trailer home topieces, ripped apart a turkey farm, anddemolished three other houses in it'spath.
Marianna Tew and her husband were intheir house when the twister roaredthrough.
"It was just a lot of noise. you could hear the house being ripped apart," Tew said. "We just looked at each other and listened."
Many residents were still in the process of cleaning up from hurricane fran when this tornado rumbled through.
In Dare County, a storm swept over Bodie Island, knocking over a camper at the Oregon Inlet campground.
In Craven County, high winds pickedup a garage and damaged some houses.And what appears to have been atornado at Corps Point in BeaufortCounty picked up an old church andmoved it from its foundation. No injuries were reported.
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