Trees were downed and a tin roof was ripped off a building after a tornado touched down in Maine on Saturday, the state’s first in over three years.
The National Weather Service (NWS) said the tornado touched down around 3:30 p.m. in Hiram, located in southwestern Maine’s Oxford County, and continued to Sebago in Cumberland County.
The region of the state was under tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings at the time.
‘VIOLENT’ MINNESOTA TORNADO PACKED 170 MPH WINDS, NWS SAYS
According to the NWS office in Gray, the EF0 tornado had an estimated maximum wind speed of 80 mph and traveled along a nearly 5-mile-long path.
“Eyewitnesses, including video footage, saw the tornado form near or over an island along the western side of Barker Pond,” the forecast office said in a statement. “A number of softwood trees were snapped or uprooted on the east side of the lake at the end of Barker Pond Road.”
No fatalities or injuries were reported in the statement issued by the NWS office.
Tornadoes that are rated EF-0 can cause “minor damage.”
The twister on Saturday was the first confirmed tornado in Maine since June 1, 2017, when five separate ones touched down in the state, according to the Portland Press Herald.
