More Tornado Damages Found on Smith Island
On Thursday, August 4, a waterspout touched down in the Chesapeake Bay just west of Smith Island just before 7:20 PM. The waterspout came ashore and tracked across the western and northern portion of Smith Island (seen above) as a high-end EF-1 tornado, with estimated winds of 110 mph. The tornado ripped the roof off of Island Time Bed and Breakfast and another block building.
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On Monday, Smith Island residents continued assessing the destruction from an F1 tornado that struck the island last Thursday, and they found more damage than they initially anticipated.