Tornado rips apart homes in New Jersey
By AFP
06 September 2021 |
8:35 am
Residents in Mullica Hill, New Jersey come together after a tornado caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida destroyed many of their homes. "Thank God we were so lucky. I know that's such an unusual thing to say when you see this devastation, but nobody died," New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District Representative, Jeff Van Drew, tells AFP.
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