Tornado touches down at popular beach in North Carolina, officials say

HOLDEN BEACH, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) – A tornado touched down at a North Carolina beach earlier this week.

According to the National Weather Service, the EF-0 tornado started as a waterspout over the Atlantic Ocean and moved onshore at Holden Beach on Thursday at about 5:45 p.m.

A preliminary report from the National Weather Service said the twister “very briefly occurred,” and that it caused minor tree and beach furniture damage…

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