Tornado rips through Morgantown, Berks County, Pennsylvania

damage in southern Berks County that's where we find wfmz's Tom Rader with the very latest Tom Wendy and Rob good evening as many harrowing stories already being shared here at the Harvin Township building following this tornado ripping through the community and many here one of the shelter sites tell me they're just happy that no one was seriously injured homeowner cell phone video shows swirling winds that rip the tree by its roots out of the ground and people describe the tornado tearing up homes in the valley ponds community in Carnarvon Township around 6:00 p.m. Carbon Township police say various first responders and fire departments rushed to the scene the damage is extensive officials say nearly 500 homes stood in the path of the storm sections of homes have been torn off and a number of cars have been damaged a homeowner described the terrifying scene we watch news and everybody was running as soon as we saw the swirling and got some calls about a tornado coming through we all ran sir the closet and Norman Jenice whose back to their houses torn off they ran to the basement now two shelters are in place one here at the Carnarvon township building and one at the Twin Valley Fire Department I just spoke with a representative of the American Red Cross they are here basically assessing the damage here at the beginning but we're gonna have more details for you coming up on the Birks edition at 10:30 right now live in Clinton Township Tom Rader 69 news Wow