{"id":2260920,"date":"2024-06-05T21:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T01:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-tornado-severe-weather-sweeps-through-dmv-as-officials-urge-residents-to-take-cover\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T21:56:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T01:56:13","slug":"dc-tornado-severe-weather-sweeps-through-dmv-as-officials-urge-residents-to-take-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-tornado-severe-weather-sweeps-through-dmv-as-officials-urge-residents-to-take-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"DC Tornado Alert: Officials Advise Immediate Shelter as Storm Hits DMV"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdc-tornado-severe-weather-sweeps-through-dmv-as-officials-urge-residents-to-take-cover%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2260920&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>At around 7:40 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, a tornado swept through Gaithersburg in Montgomery County, Maryland, around 22 miles northwest of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Washington, D.C.<\/a>, seriously injuring at least one person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpotter confirmed tornado in Poolesville, Montgomery County, MD!!\u201d the National Weather Service\u2019s Baltimore-Washington Office <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWS_BaltWash\/status\/1798499480125534622\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>wrote on X<\/a>. \u201cPeople in and around Gaithersburg, Olney, and Brookeville should take cover immediately!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Across Gaithersburg, a city of about 70,000 people, there were multiple reports of collapsed structures with people trapped inside.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>At one collapsed home, four people were transported with non-life-threatening injuries, and one was transported with a trauma injury, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DavidPazos15\/status\/1798510056708981245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to<\/a> David Pazos, assistant chief with Montgomery County Fire and Rescue.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The storm had crossed Interstate 270 around 7:30 p.m. Eastern.<\/p>\n<p>In Maryland, Baltimore, Dundalk, and Essex are all under a tornado warning until 9:30 p.m. Eastern, the weather service said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tornado struck Gaithersburg in Montgomery County, Maryland, injuring one person around 7:40 p.m. Eastern. The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado in Poolesville, advising caution in Gaithersburg, Olney, and Brookeville. 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