Severe weather rips roof off of Tazewell home
Published: Jun. 17, 2022 at 5:30 PM EDT
TAZEWELL, Va. (WVVA) - Powerful storms in North Tazewell ripped the roof off of a mobile home on Jade Court. Not only was the roof ripped off of the home but the road leading to it was blocked by a downed tree.
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The owner of the mobile home shares what she saw and heard before her roof was ripped off her home while she was inside.
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“I heard right before all this I heard a great big gust of wind and that was when I looked up and I saw the roof was coming up. It was just all at once just a big gust of wind and real hard rain,” said homeowner, Carolyn Fields.
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Another tree also landed on a nearby house, causing damage to it’s front porch and walkway.
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