**UPDATE: NWS confirms the storm damage near Ellenboro, NC was from an EF-2 tornado.**
An apparent tornado tore through Rutherford and Burke counties in North Carolina Wednesday (January 11, 2012) evening. The likely tornado toppled trees, knocked down power lines, and severely damaged a mobile home park, according to hamptonroads.com.
A house was severely damaged from an apparent tornado in North Carolina on January 11, 2012.
Three people were airlifted from the Ellenboro area in eastern Rutherford county. The hardest hit area was eastern Burke county where a mobile home park was nearly wiped out. Several people were trapped under debris in this area.
WLOS ABC is reporting that at least 10 people were injured near Ellenboro, one seriously. An unknown number of people were injured in Burke county. Whether this was one or more tornadoes is not yet know, but the NWS will survey the damage tomorrow (Thursday, Jan. 12).
