PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — What started as a hurricane hit our region as a tropical storm. But this downgrade did little to diminish the extreme destruction left by the warpath of Isaias.
On this day five years ago, the storm pummeled our region swiftly in the dark early morning hours. Two people died in Bertie County, North Carolina after a tornado touched down amid Isaias.
Many remember how loud it was, causing hundreds of thousands to lose power, destroying buildings and lives. In Suffolk, it was like a bomb went off when another tornado tore a hole out of downtown. More than $2 million in damage to the city and a massive clean-up project was left in its wake. In this part of downtown, an undamaged building was a rare sight…