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Bertie County Coverage

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WRAL's team of meteorologists was on the air around the clock as Hurricane Isaias marched through our state. We have brand new data on the intensity of the tornadoes that were spawned by the hurricane.

WON'T DO IT AGAIN. AMANDA LAMB, WRAL NEWS, OAK ISLAND. >>> WRAL'S TEAM OFMETEOROLOGISTS WERE ON AIR AROUND THE CLOCK. TONIGHT BRAND NEW DATA ON THE INTENSITY OF THE TORNADOES PRODUCED BY THIS STORM. MIKE? >> Reporter: GERALD, WE HAD NUMEROUS TORNADO WARNINGS ISSUED. IT ALL STARTED IN THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES. NOW THIS IS THE TRACK OF ISAIAS, JUST THE PERFECT TRAJECTORY TO BRING A STORM SURGE TO OUR SOUTHERN FACING BEACHES. THESE ARE ALL THE TORNADO REPORTS. AND THE SURVEYS CAME OUT RANGING FROM AN EF0 TORNADO TO AN EF1. RANGING FROM 104 MILES PER HOUR. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND ROOF DAMAGES AS WELL AND THE STORM MADE ITS WAY UP TO THE NORTH AND EAST AND SOME TORNADO REPORTS, ESTIMATED WINDS UP TO 100 MILES PER HOUR. NOW THE BERTIE COUNTY TORNADOES, WE HAD NOT HAD A REPORT YET BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT MADE THEIR WAY TO BERTIE COUNTY. AND NOW IF THEY ARE OUT OF WAKEFIELD, VIRGINIA, SO BUSY WITH THE TORNADO DAMAGE UP THERE AND THE SURVEY WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW. A SLEW OF REPORTS AS FAR NORTH AS SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND THE LAST REPORTS WE SAW. NOW ISAIAS IS MOVING WELL INTO CANADA. COMING UP, WE'LL SHOW YOU WHERE

New data shows strength of tornadoes from Hurricane Isaias 

WRAL's Keely Arthur has more reaction from residents in Bertie County after a tornado spawned from Hurricane Isaias hit the area, killing two and destroying at least 10 homes.

DEVICES ON THE APP AND OUR WEBSITE WRAL.COM. >> THANKS, MARK. >>> TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED AFTER THAT TORNADO HIT A NEIGHBORHOOD IN BERTIE COUNTY. THAT'S IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF OUR STATE. COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY THE STORM BROUGHT SOME OF THE WORST DAMAGE IT HAS EVER SEEN. WRAL REPORTS FROM BERTIE COUNTY. >> Reporter: WE ALL KNEW BAD THINGS COULD HAPPEN ESPECIALLY DURING AN EXTREME WEATHER EVENT. WE JUST NEVER THINK IT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU OR TO SOMEONE YOU KNOW. >> WHAT? NO, COME ON NOW. >> Reporter: HE WAS IN HIS MOBILE HOME WHEN THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN. >> AND JUST A MILE AWAY FROM WHERE TWO PEOPLE DIED. >> Reporter: AND AUTHORITIES STILL HAVE THE HARDEST HIT AREA BLOCKED OFF TO THE PUBLIC AS YOU COULD SEE THE DESTRUCTION THROUGH OUR FOOTAGE FROM SKY 5. AND THEY ARE ALSO RELEASING LITTLE ABOUT THE VICTIMS. CURRY SAYS ONE WAS A YOUNGER PERSON AND THE OTHER AN ELDERLY WOMAN. >> AND RIGHT NOW, HE GAVE ME PRAYERS. >> Reporter: THOUGH HE IS TRYING TO FOCUS ON THE FACT THE TWO CHILDREN MISSING AND FEARED DEAD WERE FOUND ALIVE AND HE IS TOO. >> Reporter: THAT IS KEELY

Residents express shock, sadness over tornado destruction

Longtim Windsor residents are used to natural disasters in their small community.

ENTIRE EAST COAST. >> TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. THESE CARS WERE PRESENT LIVES CHANGED BY HURRICANE ISAIAS . YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD IN BERTIE COUNTY. TWO PEOPLE DIED WHEN A TORNADO TORE THESE MOBILE HOMES APART AND PUSHED THE CARS OUT OF THE WAY. THIS IS WHY YOU CAN NEVER TAKE A TROUBLED ASSISTANT LIGHTLY. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I AM DAVID CRABTREE. >> AND I AM DEBRA MORGAN. WRAL WAS THE FIRST ON THE SCENE TO BRING YOU THIS ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION FROM THE BERTIE COUNTY SHERIFF. >> I'VE BEEN THE SHERIFF FOR 38 YEARS AND I KNOW THE MOBILE HOME PARK AND IT IS LIKE NOTHING IS THERE. THIS IS BAD ONE MANY REFINED AND THE NEXT MINUTE IT IS ALL HELL BREAKING LOOSE. >> WE ARE SPEAKING WITH TWO MOTHERS WHO SURVIVED THE WINDS AND WE HAVE LESLIE MARINO WITH THAT PIECE OF THE STORY. >> Reporter:  DEBRA,  WE ARE ON WEATHERED WARP ROAD. THE DEADLY TORNADO RIPPED THROUGH THE STREET AND MADE ITS WAY DOWN TO MORNING ROAD. I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE DAMAGE HERE. TREES ARE DOWN AND POWER LINES AND TANGLED. IF WE TAKE A LOOK OVER HERE, THIS MOBILE HOME IS JUST UNRECOGNIZABLE. ONE MAN HAS CALLED WINDSOR HOME FOR MANY DECADES AND HIS AS THEY ESCAPED WITH BUMPS AND BRUISES BUT NOT EVERYONE WAS AS LUCKY . MIKE HAS LIVED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 68 YEARS. THIS IS NOT HIS FIRST TIME FACING EXTREME CONDITIONS. >> AT LEAST FIVE OR SIX. 12 AND TUESDAY MORNING HE RECEIVED AN ALERT ON HIS PHONE THAT A TORNADO WAS HEADING THEIR WAY. >> IT IS LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN SOUTHEAST. BY THE TIME I GOT UP TO GO TO THE BATHROOM THE TORNADO WAS COMING BY. IT DID NOT SOUND LIKE IT WAS ON THE GROUND. IT CAME RIGHT ON OVER FOR YOU SEE THAT PINE TREE. >> Reporter: IN A MATTER OF SECONDS IT WAS ALL OVER . THE DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN, INCLUDING THE LIVES CUT SHORT JUST STREETS AWAY. >> YOU REALLY DO NOT REALIZE IT UNTIL YOU SEE THE AFTERMATH DURING THE DAY. 11 FORTUNATELY, HIS HOME HAD LITTLE DAMAGE. HOMES AROUND HIM WERE DESTROYED. IT IS A SITE THAT IS HARD. >> IT HAPPENS. HE JUST HAVE TO BEAR WITH IT. IT IS GOING TO GET BETTER. >> Reporter: JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER LOOK  AT THIS MOBILE HOME. I DID SPEAK WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS EARLIER ARE THE ONES AT MORNING ROAD. THEY TOLD ME THAT AREA THAT WAS HIT THE HARDEST IS ALMOST UNRECOGNIZABLE AND IT IS SOMETHING OUT OF A MOVIE. THERE WORKING AS HARD AS THEY CAN TO PICK UP THE TREES AND OTHER POWERLINES BUT AS YOU IMAGINE IT IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME.

Fatal tornado latest tragedy for Windsor

Windsor resident Dana White was thankful more people weren't hurt in a tornado spawned by Tropical Storm Isaias. The twister killed two people when it destroyed a neighborhood near White's home.

SURVIVORS ARE THINKING ABOUT WHERE TO GO FROM HERE. I AM BRIAN SHRADER, WRAL NEWS . >> ON THE GROUND THEY ARE LEARNING STORIES OF HEARTBREAK AND HOPE AND HOW THEY CARRIED THEM THROUGH THE NIGHT AND WE ARE JOINED FROM WINDSOR  AND KEELY ARTHUR. >> Reporter: ONCE YOU GET DOWN HERE IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO SWALLOW  WHO WE ARE AT THE INTERSECTION OF WATERED ROAD AND MORNING ROAD THAT I WISH I COULD TELL YOU THAT THIS WAS THE BULK OF THE DEVASTATION. IT IS NOT. SO MANY OTHER HOMES DESTROYED OR DAMAGED. THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW TRIES TO FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE. >> WINDSOR RESIDENT DANA WHYTE LIVES 3 MILES FROM THE DEVASTATION SEEN HERE ON MORNING ROAD. IT HAD CLOSE TO HOME. >> YOU JUST KNOW EVERYBODY SO WHEN SOMEBODY GETS HURT AND SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS. >> Reporter:  AS THE TORNADO PROMPTED BY HURRICANE ISAIAS TOUCHED DOWN IN WINDSOR, SHE KNEW THAT IT WAS TOO LATE TO GO SOMEPLACE ELSE SO SHE DID  THE ONE THING THAT SHE COULD DO. >> I PRAY THAT GOD WOULD KEEP US SAFE. >> Reporter: HER PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED. THEY WILL COME TO THE REALIZATION OTHERS WERE NOT SAFE. TWO PEOPLE WERE FOUND DEAD . >> THIS HAS GOT TO BE HEAVY ON THE FIRST RESPONDERS. I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH SEARCHING FOR THESE PEOPLE. >> Reporter: AND OTHER PRAYER WAS ANSWERED AS THE CHILDREN MISSING WERE FOUND ALIVE . >> THANK THE LORD HE ANSWERED THE PRAYER ABOUT FINDING THOSE AND BRING THEM HOME SAFE. THERE IS A SILVER LINING. >> Reporter: FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE BEEN IN THIS AREA  TRYING TO PICK UP THE PIECES ALL DAY LONG. IF YOU WANT TO DONATE, YOU CAN AND YOU SHOULD. I HAVE INFORMATION ON MY TWITTER ACCOUNT AND WE WILL GET IT UP ON WWW.WRAL.COM . DAVID? >> YOU COULD SEE THE LOOK ON THE FACE OF FIRST RESPONDERS

'I'm not ashamed to say it, I got on my knees and prayed'

'I’m not ashamed to say it, I got on my knees and prayed'

Two people were killed and two children remain unaccounted for after a tornado hit a neighborhood in Bertie County early Tuesday.

<p>CAROLINA ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR INTO THE COAST. THEY ARE JOINED BY SIX METEOROLOGIST TO OF BEEN TRACKING THE STORM SINCE THE BEGINNING. &gt;&gt; WE BEGIN TEAM COVERAGE WITH WHAT IS NO DOUBT THE MOST HEARTBREAKING STORY FROM THIS WEATHER EVENT, THE SEARCH FOR 3 TO 4 MISSING PEOPLE IN BERTIE COUNTY FOLLOWING A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN THAT DECIMATED THE COMMUNITY. &gt;&gt; ADAM OWENS IS LIVE WHERE TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND USEFUL TO THE SHERIFF. DESCRIBE FOR THE VIEWERS WITH THAT CONVERSATION WAS LIKE.&gt;&gt; Reporter: IT WAS SOMBER, THE SAME MOOD WE ARE FEELING NOW BECAUSE THIS IS A FATAL STORM BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED HERE IN BERTIE COUNTY. TWO PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES. ONE WAS AN ADULT AND THE SHERIFF SAYS HE IS FAMILIAR WITH THIS COUNTY AND HE KNOWS THE COUNTY AND HE KNOWS THE MOBILE HOME NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS HIT BY THE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. WHEN HE ARRIVED AT IT, AFTER RECEIVING AN EMERGENCY CALL COME HE DIDN'T RECOGNIZE IT BECAUSE IT WAS SIMPLY WIPED AWAY. OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR AT THIS TIME, TWO OF THOSE ARE YOUNG CHILDREN. WE ARE TOLD BY LOCALS THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS DECIMATED, THERE WERE A LOT OF CHILDREN THAT LIVED IN THIS AREA. ONE OF THE FAMILIES WAS DESIREE PIKE, SHE HAD TWO YOUNG BOYS, ONE AND A THREE-YEAR-OLD SHE GRABBED THEIR MATTRESS AND RAN TO THE BATHROOM AND PUT THAT OVER THEM AND THEN JUST PRAYED THAT THEY WOULD SURVIVE. BASED ON WHAT SHE WAS HEARING HAPPENING TO HER NEIGHBORS HOMES OUTSIDE. I SPOKE WITH HER EARLIER TODAY AND HERE IS SOME OF THE CONVERSATION.&gt;&gt; WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO REACT, IT HIT ALL AT ONCE AND MAYBE LASTED TWO MINUTES AND IT WAS OVER. YOU DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED UNTIL IT HAD ALREADY HAPPENED. I GOT MY KIDS TO THE BATHROOM AND THAT WAS ABOUT IT.&gt;&gt; Reporter: WHAT WERE THE TWO MINUTES LIKE?&gt;&gt; FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD IT WAS . I MEAN YOU DON'T REALLY THINK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE BUT JUST HOLDING THE KIDS AND HELPING IT DOESN'T TEAR THE HOUSE UP.&gt;&gt; Reporter: IF YOU'RE A PARENT, MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUST BE A PARENT BUT YOU HOLD ONTO THESE KIDS AND HELP THE HOME AROUND YOU DOESN'T ESSENTIALLY DISAPPEAR. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN FOR HER, SHE WAS ONE OF TWO MOBILE HOMES THAT DID SURVIVE OR AT LEAST WAS STANDING WHEN THIS WAS ALL OVER. THERE WERE OTHER HOMES, WHERE KIDS LIVED, AND THEY DID NOT GIVE THAT SAME ANSWER THEY WERE HOPING FOR THE HOMES AROUND THEM WERE PULLED AWAY. TWO PEOPLE ARE CONFIRMED DEAD WHO WERE IN THE MOBILE HOME AREA. THERE ARE A FEW OTHERS, THREE OR FOUR UNACCOUNTED FOR AND TWO ARE CHILDREN. A LOT OF THE HARD WORK TO PIECE THIS TOGETHER AND REALLY CLEAN THIS UP, IS GOING ON BEHIND ME. THIS IS A BAPTIST CHURCH NOT FAR FROM THE SCENE WHERE ALL THIS HAPPENED. A NUMBER OF EMERGENCY WORKERS HAVE GATHERED HERE AND WHEN I SAY THEY ARE FROM ALL AREAS OF THE STATE, THEY ARE LITERALLY FROM ALL ACROSS THE STATE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FOLKS FROM THE MOUNTAIN REGIONS COME OF THAT WERE PRE-POSITIONED HERE IN PLACE TO BE READY TO HELP IN CASE THIS STORM TOOK A BAD TURN. IT TOOK A DEADLY TURN HERE IN BERTIE COUNTY. THE FEELING YOU GOT FROM THE SHERIFF WAS THE FEELING SHARED FROM LOTS OF PEOPLE HERE AND THAT IS A SADNESS, BUT A RESULT TO TRY TO PULL TOGETHER TO MAKE</p>

'It was hell,' says woman who survived Windsor tornado

Sky 5: Tornado damage in Bertie County

A neighborhood in Bertie County was destroyed by Tropical Storm Isaias. Sheriff of Bertie County John Hadley said he hasn't seen anything this bad in the 38 years he has worked at the Bertie County Sheriff's Office.



Storm damage in Bertie County neighborhood

Several homes were damaged in Bertie County from Tropical Storm Isaias Monday night and Tuesday morning.

Neighbors are mourning after two people were killed in a tornado that hit a neighborhood in Bertie County early Tuesday.


'We all hurt': Bertie County neighbors react to Isaias tornado deaths 

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