Front blown off Wilson County middle school

There was extensive damage to Springfield Middle School from a tornado in Lucama in Wilson County. Multiple homes in the area were also damaged.
Posted 8/8/2024, 9:24:00 AM Updated 8/8/2024, 5:01:47 PM

BACK TO YOU. AND OUR HEARTS GO

OUT TO THAT FEELING. NO

QUESTION. AMY, THANK YOU FOR

THAT. AND

>> AND NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT

AREAS YOU SEE THE RELENTLESS

RAIN STILL COMING DOWN. THERE

ARE ABOUT 10 HOMES AND WILSON

THAT WERE DAMAGED BEFORE

03:00AM SPRINGFIELD, MIDDLE

SCHOOL RIGHT DOWN THE STREET

ON WIGGINS ROAD ALSO WITH SOME

HEAVY DAMAGE AT ALL FROM THE

SAME TORNADO. THIS WHERE WE

FIND WRAL'S LAURA LEVINE.

>> LAURA, HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS

WERE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO

SCHOOL IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

AND FROM THE LOOKS OF ALL THAT

DAMAGE THAT PLAN WILL HAVE TO

CHANGE.

>> YEAH, OR NAY. AND IT'S

FUNNY. YOU MENTION THAT BECAUSE

WE ARE HEARING FROM PEOPLE WHO

HAVE KIDS WHO GO TO THE SCHOOL

SAYING THAT.

>> THIS IS WHERE MY CHILD HOME

ROOM WAS ARE. THIS IS WHERE MY

CHILD'S CLASSROOM WASN'T BEHIND

ME. YOU CAN SEE NOW SEVERAL

UTILITY CREWS AS THE RAIN PICKS

UP IN THIS AREA MAY BE

DIFFICULT TO SEE, BUT WE HAVE

SEVERAL CREWS NOW WORKING TO

CLEAN UP AND IT'S A PROCESS

THAT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME.

LET'S TAKE YOU STRAIGHT TO THAT

DRONE. 5 VIDEO, A BIRD'S EYE

VIEW OF WHAT THINGS LOOK LIKE

UP ABOVE. I MEAN, JUST

SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.

UNBELIEVABLE. THE WALLS FROM

BOTH THE ROOF PULLED APART.

>> ESSENTIALLY, THIS TORNADO

MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS THE AREA

AND NEARLY MISSING SOME HOMES.

WE KNOW THAT IT DID HIT A

COUPLE OF THEM, BUT AS YOU

THINK AND YOU LOOK AT SOME OF

THE DAMAGE, YOU CAN ALSO FIT

WITH THE IDEA OF WHAT'S RUNNING

THROUGH A LOT OF PEOPLE'S MINDS

WHO WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT OUT

SAFELY. OVERNIGHT I SPOKE WITH

SAID SUMMIT IN IN THE MOMENT

WHEN I'M SPEAKING WITH HIM, THE

KIND OF REALIZES

>> THAT HE IS HERE. HE IS SAFE

AND HE'S OK, BUT HE'S ALSO

THINKING ABOUT HIS NEIGHBORS.

TAKE A LISTEN.

>> I DIDN'T MAKE IT FEEL TO

KNOW THAT THIS WAS SO CLOSE

WITH THE LATEST.

>> WE HERE IN OUT WHY.

>> WE MADE OUR OWN NEWS JUST.

WITH THE HARRIS TO SHOW THEIR

SUPPORT, COUSIN THEM OR THAT.

WE'RE FAMILY. WHERE THE HOUSE

IS COLOR. WE'RE HOPEFULLY THEY

>> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE THE RAIN

AND WIND PICKING UP HERE.

SO BEAR WITH ME. BUT THAT WAS

SET SOME IF HE WAS WORRIED

ABOUT HIS FRIEND WHO LIVES ON

LLOYD STREET. WE NOW KNOW THAT

HE DID NOT MAKE IT OUT OF THIS

STORM. SADLY, SEVERAL CREWS ARE

MAKING THEIR WAY IN AND OUT OF

THIS REMAINS TO BE A FLUID

SITUATION HERE ON WIGGINS MILL

ROAD. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE TO

AVOID THIS AREA. IF YOU'RE

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