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CAPE FEAR MEMORIAL BRIDGE CLOSURE: UPDATES, RESOURCES, AND CONTEXT

Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd and WHQR's Ben Schachtman on Brunswick County tornado strike

 

Shortly before midnight on Monday evening, severe weather, including at least one tornado, struck coastal Brunswick County in North Carolina. The damage near the South Carolina border was severe; tens of thousands lost power, and several lost their lives.

Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd spoke with Ben Schachtman of WHQR about the damages caused by the tornado. The segmentoriginally aired on Tuesday, Feb. 16 on Here & Now, from WBUR in Boston.

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