{"id":9438,"date":"2011-06-15T19:44:01","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T23:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=9438"},"modified":"2011-06-16T11:36:47","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T15:36:47","slug":"tornado-causes-minor-damage-in-new-providence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2011\/06\/tornado-causes-minor-damage-in-new-providence","title":{"rendered":"Tornado Causes Minor Damage in New Providence"},"content":{"rendered":"

A tornado swept through Southern New Providence this afternoon, snapping limbs and causing minor damage to homes and power lines.<\/p>\n

Meteorological office officials said \u201cit was a pretty big one.\u201d\u00a0 (Ed note: Clearly they have never seen a “real” tornado.)<\/p>\n

\"tinyDeputy Director of the Department of Meteorology Basil Dean said Wednesday\u2019s tornado spawned from a system that developed in the Southern Bahamas and was on the ground for almost a half hour.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had no reports of hail but we got a few phone calls that indicated that a tornado did touch down,\u201d Dean said.\u00a0 \u201cOnce you have a funnel cloud and it touches the ground, that constitutes a tornado.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt lasted for about 30 minutess from the time I sighted it. It was a pretty big one from my vantage point.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was confined to a relatively small area and good thing it was stationary for the most part.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video of Tornado<\/h2>\n

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