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VIDEO: Tornado strikes Massachusetts, and local TV station WGGB records it LIVE

Local TV station captures tornado's formation

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A tornado over Springfield, Mass., is caught on a live camera by WGGB-TV.

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  • Tornado Alley Live staff

Springfield, Mass. - Tornadoes aren't unusual in Massachusetts, especially the western and central parts of the Bay State. Some say there is a mini Tornado Alley in the Connecticut River valley.  Wednesday night, tornadoes struck in several places, killing at least 4 people, according to Governor Deval Patrick.

Click our Twister Data page to search through 60 years of tornado records for every U.S. state.

WGGB-TV in Springfield was broadcasting the severe weather "live" in their region when a tornado formed near one of their fixed "tower" cams.  Click to watch the video.

 

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