Tornado touches down in Queens neighborhood

WEST JACKSON.WE WANT TO GO BACK RIGHT NOW TO16 WAPT S SHALEEKA POWELL LIVEIN THE QUEEN’S AS WELL.SHALEEKA.WHAT ARE YOU SEEING RIGHT NOW?ERIN RIGHT NOW WE ARE ON QUEENCHRISTINA LANE AND WE ARE SEEINGA HUGE TREE THAT FELL ON THISHOME NOW A FEW SECONDS AGO.I SPOKE TO THE PERSON THAT LIVESIN THIS HOUSE.HE LIVES HERE WITH HIS WIFE ANDHE TOLD ME THAT THEY WEREACTUALLY INSIDE THEIR DEN WHENTHE DAMAGE HAPPENED.FORTUNATELY, THEY BOTH MAKE ITOUT SAFELY.BUT SAY IT WAS A TERRIFYINGMOMENT BECAUSE THEY DIDN’TEXPECT ANY OF THIS TO HAPPEN ASWELL AS THEIR NEIGHBORS WHO ALSOLIVE ON THIS STREET ANDSURROUNDING AREAS.THEY SAY THAT THIS WAS ACOMPLETE SURPRISE AND THEY HEARDA LOUD NOISE AND THEY KNEW ITWAS TIME TO GET OUT.SO AGAIN THE MAN I SPOKE WITH HEAND HIS WIFE DID MAKE IT OUT OFTHEIR HOME SAFELY.THEY WERE INSIDE THEIR DEN WHENTHE TREE CAME CRASHING DOWN YOUCAN SEE I DON’T KNOW IF YOU CANSEE IT OR NOT, BUT THERE IS ATLEAST ONE HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OFTHEIR HOME.ROOF BECAUSE OF THIS BIG TREETHAT FELL DOWN AND WE’RE JUSTSHOWING YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THEBEHIND THE HOME TO YOU CAN SEETHE ROOT THE TREE WAS UPROOTEDAND IF IT WHEN IT FELL ON THISHOME, BUT AGAIN THAT COUPLE ISDOING OK, THEY SAY THEY LIVED INTHIS HOME FOR ABOUT 38 YEARS ANDNOTHING LIKE THIS HAS EVERHAPPENED TO THEM.SO THEY’RE DEFINITELY IN SHOCKRIGHT NOW, BUT THEY ARE JUSTGRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO BE ALIVEBECAUSE THEY DIDN’T KNOW WHATWAS GOING TO HAPPEN AS THIS WASHAPPENING.THEY SAID IT HAPPENED WITHINSECOND BUT IT WAS STILLTERRIFYING.AGAIN, THEY ARE DOING OK NOWBACK HERE ON QUEEN CHRISTINALANE.WE SEE THAT CREWS ARE STARTINGTO COME TO THIS AREA.I KNOW THERE’S A FEW ENTITYTRUCKS THAT ARE DRIVING PASTRIGHT NOW.WE’RE GOING TO SHOW YOU THEM.THEY’RE WORKING THEIR WAY PASTUS, BUT WE HAVE ENTERED YOUCREWS THAT ARE COMING HEREBECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLETHAT LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOODWHO ARE WITHOUT POWER.I KNOW EARLIER TODAY.WE SPOKE WITH ONE NEIGHBOR ANDSHE SAYS IT’S BEEN HOURS MORETHAN THREE HOURS THAT THEY HAVEBEEN WITHOUT POWER DUE TO THISDAMAGE.WE HAVE DWN POWER POLES ANDPOWER LINES FURTHER UP THSTREET AND THEY SAY AGAIN,THEY’VE BEEN POWER FOR OUR SO ALOT OF PEOPLE IN THISNEIGHBORHOOD.THEY ARE GLAD AND THEY AREEXCITED AND GRATEFUL JUST TO SEEINTERVIEW TRUCKS HERE SO THATTHEY CAN GET THEIR POWERRESTORED.BUT THIS ISN’T THE ONLY HOMETHAT WE JUST SHOWED YOU THAT HASA DOWNED TREE ON IT.THERE’S ANOTHER HOME.IT’S A SMALLER TREE, BUT STILL ATREE THAT FELL ON ANOTHER HOMEHERE ON QUEEN CHRISTINA LANEAGAIN, IF YOU GUYS CAN AVOIDTHIS AREA, PLEASE BE SURE TO DOSO BECAUSE THERE ARE DOWNEDPOWER LINES AND POWER POLES ANDAS I MENTIONED ENTERGY CREWSJUST ARRIVED RIGHT NOW, SO I’MSURE THEY’RE GOING TO GET TOWORK.AND TRY TO RESTORE POWER AS SOONAS THEY CAN.SO AGAIN IF YOU CAN’T AVOID THISAREA WE ACCESS YOU DO SO BECAUSEYOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PASS ONQUEEN CHRISTINA LANE NOW NOTEVEN TOO FAR FROM WHERE WE ARERIGHT NOW THIS SPOT ON QUEENMELISSA LANE.WE SPOKE TO A GENTLEMAN WHO’SLIVED THERE FOR MORE THAN 40YEARS.HE SAYS THAT THE STORM BASICALLYUPROOTED HIS TRAMPOLINE ANDTHREW IT INTO HIS NEIGHBOR’SYARD.SO AGAIN, THERE’S A LOT OFDEBRIS THROUGHOUT THISNEIGHBORHOOD.WE EVEN HAVE SOME MAILBOXES THATARE DOWN WE HAVE LAWN CHAIRSTHAT WERE FLOWN ACROSS AS WELLDUE TO THIS TORNADO.SO IF YOU CAN AVOID IT, PLEASEBE SURE TO DO SO BECAUSE THERE’SDEBRIS THROUGHOUT THE STREET ASO AGAIN, IF YOU CAN’T AVOID ITWE ASK THAT YOU DO.SO FOR NOW,