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Rare California tornado injured 5, flipped vehicles in city north of Santa Cruz
In San Francisco, residents awoke to a tornado warning on Saturday, but none touched down there. It was the first such warning for the city since at least 1950.
A tornado in Scotts Valley, a small city about 6 miles north of Santa Cruz “threw multiple cars off the road,” the city police department said on Facebook, where it posted images of overturned vehicles.
Police Capt. Scott Garner said five people, most in vehicles that were tossed or moved by the tornado, suffered injuries, but none of them were major. Three were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries while two refused treatment at the scene, he said.
Photos shared by the Scotts Valley Police Department showed cars strewn about on and around Mount Hermon Road, the city’s main street and retail district, where the tornado touched down in the afternoon.
Officers responding to the scene were called to reports of a multi-vehicle collision, but were astonished to see instead the aftermath of a tornado, including bent utility poles and extensive property damage, Garner said.
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