Severe storms sweep across Charlotte area causing damage, school delays
Strong storms swept across the greater Charlotte area Thursday, causing widespread damage and dangerous conditions.
The heavy rain and high winds picked up early in the morning. Hours of saturation made the ground soft and heavy gusts of wind made it easy to take trees down across neighborhoods.
On Park Road in south Charlotte, at least a dozen trees had the street shut down near Pineville-Matthews Road. One car was crushed, almost hidden beneath all of the branches and leaves.
In York County, one person was killed when a tree fell onto their car. Police have not released any information about the victim in that incident.
In an effort to avoid any other potentially dangerous situations on the road, several schools have decided to have a two-hour delay in place Friday. Those schools include:
- Avery County Schools
- Alexander County Schools
- Ashe County Schools
- Burke County Public Schools
- Caldwell County Schools
- Catawba County Schools
- Cleveland County Schools
- Clover School District
- Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools
- Gaston County Schools
- Hickory Public Schools
- Iredell-Statesville Schools
- Lancaster County School District
- Lincoln County Schools
- Newton-Conover Public Schools
- Rowan-Salisbury Schools
- Union County Public Schools
- York County Schools
Anson, Cabarrus, Cherokee and Stanly County Schools will be closed due to flooded roads.
In Kannapolis, city officials confirmed that a tornado touched down, Serious damage was seen across the city with several homes in one neighborhood taking a hit.
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