NEW CASTLE, Del. (KYW Newsradio) — A tornado touched down in New Castle, Del. as severe storms brought heavy winds, hail and rain to the Philly region. Tornado warnings were issued by the National Weather Service in Delaware and South Jersey.
The storm left residential neighborhoods from South Jersey to Chester County blanketed in tiny pebbles of hail. In Delaware, where the tornado touched down between Wilmington and Newark, cars were smashed by debris, trees were uprooted and crews are already at work with the cleanup.
Off Chapman Road in Newark, Del. one business park was one of those scenes of tornado destruction as several cars were caked in mud, smashed by wayward signs, branches or entire trees…