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Tornado Hits NYC, Damage Reported

A funnel cloud hurled through the Breezy Point section of the Rockaway peninsula in Queens

• By Associated Press
  
  Al Roker tweeted this video of the tornado in Queens, New York.
  
  NEW YORK (AP) - A tornado swept out of the sea and hit a beachfront neighborhood in New York City on Saturday, hurling debris in the air, knocking out power and startling residents who once thought of twisters as a Midwestern phenomenon.
  
  Firefighters were still assessing the damage Saturday, but an hour after it struck there were still no reported injuries and the area affected by the storm appeared small.
  
  Videos taken by bystanders showed a funnel cloud hurling sand and debris in the air, and possibly small pieces of buildings, as it moved through the Breezy Point section of the Rockaway peninsula in Queens.