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The Boston Globe FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2008 Woman killed as violent storm twists through N.H. A8 The Region ing clerk who was answering phones at Town Hall in Barnstead, which was among the hardest-hit towns. There's power lines down, houses have collapsed, and mobile homes tipped over." Governor John Lynch declared an emergency in five counties and called in the National Guard to help in the recovery. "This was a highly destructive storm, causing a tremendous amount of damage in a short period of time," he said at an evening press conference at emergency management headquarters in Concord. More than 100 state and federal agencies were involved in the response in New Hampshire.

Authorities are monitoring potential flooding of the Connecticut River, the Pemigewasset River in Woodstock, and the Saco River. The Federal Emergency Management Agency plans to assess the damage this morning. In Epsom, winds blew a house 75 feet from its foundation. "This is just a straight line of damage," State Police Colonel Frederick Booth said, estimating that 100 houses were damaged. "When it's all said and done, it'll STORMS Continued from PageAl without electricity.

Some residents could be without power and water for several days. The unusually severe weather, which battered a narrow area east and northeast of Concord with torrential rains and widespread lightning, caused flooding, littered the ground with debris, and left many roads impassable, displacing residents from their homes and delaying emergency responders. "We're at sixes and sevens here," said Carol Locke, an assess I a. 1 Un 8g4d SwnMMig TogMW ESSDRAS SUAREZGLOBE STAFF This was all that remained of the house on Sleepy Hollow Road in Deerfield where Brenda J. Stevens died yesterday.

She was with her husband and a 3-month-old baby. Advertising Correction Notice probably be more than that." Michael Cempa, a National Weather Service meteorologist, said it appears that a tornado had struck the area. "Everything we see suggests it was a tornado," he said. Cempa said a National Weather Service group will also investigate reports of a second possible tornado in the Wolfeboro area. The rain was expected to subside overnight with the possibility of scattered showers this morning.

The afternoon was expected to be dry. Tornadoes are rare but not unprecedented in the region, with one or two touching down in New Hampshire and Maine every year, meteorologists said. Tornado 'warning at 12:34 p.m MAINE There is an error on page 7 of this week's Lowe's flyer. The Whirlpool Washer (item 216341) was incorrectly tagged with a Duet Steam logo. This washer does not have a steam feature.

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U.C (89; MERRIMACK STRAFFORD Epsam Deerfield The National Weather Service confirmed yesterday that a small tornado set down in Rhode Island and traveled about 4 miles into Massachusetts Wednesday, damaging houses and knocking down trees and power lines. No injuries were reported. "I knew within the first five minutes of receiving calls it was a very serious incident," said Christopher M. Pope, New Hampshire's director of emergency management and homeland security. In Epsom, Karen Dail was in her barn shoeing her horse when the storm came.

"My husband is from Texas and always says, 'If the sky turns green, there's a tornado she said. "When we looked out, it was getting green, and you could see a funnel. "You could see the clouds twisting on the road," Dail said. Kayaks were hanging like kites in Concord NEW HAMPSHIRE VERMONT ROCKINGHAM'' Manchester Hat au. mm i 4- 1 i 93J -v.

20 MILES Mi Linr I 10 MASSACHUSETTS fJy 0AIGO FUJIWARAGLOBE STA it to their home to see the damage. A neighbor told them that several trees were down in the yard and that about four trees had crashed into the neighbor's house. "It's a real tragedy. All you have to do is look around," said Deputy Fire Chief Rodney Boyd. In Massachusetts yesterday, 2 to 3 inches of rain fell, and hail and strong winds hit Springfield and Holyoke, according to National Weather Service reports.

In Saugus, eight to 10 houses on Hesper Street were evacuated at 7:30 last night because "a large retaining wall on Hitching Hill Road had started to collapse," said police Lieutenant David Putnam. No one was injured, and no houses were damaged as of last night, he said. Milton J. Valencia, Stephanie Ebbert, and Martin Finucane of the Globe staff and Globe correspondents Jeannie M. Nuss, Gabrielle T.

Dunn, and Benjamin Paulin contributed to this report. SOURCE: ESRI. TeleAtlas. USGS The town had created an emergency center and shelter for people displaced from their homes. The 1 1 New Hampshire communities affected were Deerfield, Epsom, Freedom, Ossipee, Wolfeboro, Alton, New Durham, Barnstead, Northwood, Candia, and Deering.

In Epsom, Bob Blodgett, chairman of the Board of Selectmen, said the close-knit town was a scene of devastation. "You couldn't believe only one person lost their life," he said from an elementary school that is serving as a temporary shelter. "It looked like somebody had a 200-foot mowing machine that cut the trees right off." After watching the storm coverage on television, Maye Hart rushed back to her Epsom neighborhood. "I can see the roof, and it's still there, but about three doors down, it looks like the house collapsed," she said. In Barnstead, Shawn and Melissa Williams could not make i the In Barnstead, Craig Obreno-vich, 18, rushed his 11-year-old sister and 9-year-old brother into the basement as soon as he heard the roar of the storm.

"All I could see was rain, and it was dark, and then it started whistling," he said. Five minutes later, he emerged to a chaotic, debris-strewn landscape. Emergency crews worked to clear roads blocked by downed trees and power lines. "We're cutting hand paths so we can go down on the highways," said Shawn Mulcahy, deputy fire chief in Barnstead. "Many of our smaller roads are blocked with huge trees, power lines, broken poles, and debris taller than a person," Mulcahy said.

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iMr.AWMs. I AiMrrss 'City State eMail Visa MasterCard Tt'lrpliont' Chargr my gift my credit canl: Account No. OP riAMEX Discover Date NO8071118NQAY02 a tree in the driveway. Authorities set up shelters in Alton and Epsom for families who were displaced because of water or power loss. Holly Forsgren of Northwood took advantage of the shelter at Epson Central School to ensure the safety of her two daughters and because she depends on a medical device that requires electricity.

When the storm hit, Forsgren was at home with her daughters and thought it was just another storm, "but then it got real intense" she said. "There was a feeling right before whatever it was that touched down in the field you could almost feel it on your skin and then it went quiet," she said. "And then some sort of cloud touched down and went right back up, like it was skipping rope. "It's like it jumped our house," she said. "It's a miracle we're OK." By Milton J.

Valencia GLOBE STAFF and Christopher J. Baxter GLOBE CORRESPONDENT BARNSTEAD, N.H. Some described the green sky that is often spoken of in tandem with tornadoes. Others said it was just dark, that all they could see was rain and that they heard the roar of the wind with a whistle that hinted there was something more sinister about thus storm. "I've never seen anything like it, myself," said John Simpson of Georgetown Drive in Barnstead.

"I was standing outside when I saw it come through. I ran inside, grabbed my kid, and ran downstairs." Residents from throughout central New Hampshire emerged from their basements yesterday and found their neighborhood in ruins. If their house was not damaged by downed trees and utility poles, their neighbor's was. A Deerfield resident, Brenda J. Stevens, 57, died when the house she was in collapsed.

Twelve others in the area were injured. Simpson, whose home was spared damage but was surrounded by branches, traveled the neighborhood along Locke Lake and found houses smashed by treetops that broke so clean from the force of the wind they looked as if they had been cut by a chain saw. A tree went through the roof of one home. From Epsom to Northwood to Alton, it was much of the same. Tornado-like winds cut utility poles in two.

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