A massive tornado ripped through the Cherrystone Campground on the Virginia Eastern Shore yesterday leaving two dead and 36 injured.
The category EF 1 tornado produced enough wind to blow over a tractor-trailer on Route 13.
Hail and wind also damaged fields and broke limbs that slammed into homes and cars.
A Virginia State Police said that a married couple Lord Balatbat and Lolabeth Ortega from New Jersey – both 38 years old – were killed when a tree fell on their tent.
Their 13 year old son, whose name has not been released, sustained life threatening injuries after a tree crushed his nearby tent.
Governor McAuliffe
Meanwhile, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe will tour the Cherrystone Family Camping & RV Resort on Friday.
McAuliffe cut short a political fundraising trip in Aspen, Colorado, to survey the damage.
More than 1,300 people were at the campground in tents, campers and cottages when the storm hit, knocking down trees and flipping over some campers.
