The Daily News from Lebanon, Pennsylvania • 1

V. Sports Smi Weekend Life Garden tour spotlights historic Union Canal. Weather Tomorrow: Breezy: intermittent clouds. High 80. Page 8A Index Classified 8C-3D Obituaries Comics Public Notices 3D Editorial 6A Region 3A Entertainment 1B-3B Sports 1C-5C NASCAR 5C 1 TV 3B Phillies hope second half holds cause for celebration The Country Squire Estates development south of Campbelltown suffered Jim Zengerle Lebanon Daily News the brunt of the storms fury.

Scores of homes were destroyed or damaged. 'uWD 1W JV Neighborhood destroyed by powerful storm By JOHN LATIMER And LES STEWART Weve lost everything we own By LES STEWART And JOHN LATIMER Staff Writers CAMPBELLTOWN -When yesterdays storm blew through Country Squire Estates, it snatched James Machingas little boy, sucking him out of their house and burying him under a wall of debris. Machinga and his wife, Nicole, were watching television with their twins, 3-year-olds Nicholas and Zachery, yesterday about 3 p.m. when they saw the news of a tornado warning for Lebanon County scrawl across the bottom of the screen. When you see that, do you really think it is coming at you? Machinga said, standing outside what remained of his home on 10 Behrens Drive.

What do you do? Do you run down into the basement, or do you wait to see whats coming? Machinga chose to wait and see but not for long. When the wind hit our hanging plants, they blew horizontally, he said. I said, Whoops, were going to lose a few plants. Then I heard the tree fall, and a branch hit our new addition. That was enough for John Latimer Lebanon Daily News James Machinga walks near the concrete pad that had been his garage and talks on a cell phone.

Machinga saw his 3-year-old son, Nicholas, sucked away by the winds and buried under debris. Miraculously, Nicholas suffered only minor cuts and bruises. When I was digging for my little boy, I would have given up everything. I didnt care about anything but him. James Machinga Machinga, a building contractor.

He jumped up and shouted for everyone to go to the basement. But at that same instant, he said, the wind ripped the family-room addition off the house, tak Staff Writers CAMPBELLTOWN With little warning, a storm packing ferocious winds and spearing rain ripped through a development in southwestern Lebanon County about 3:15 p.m. yesterday, leaving behind a trail of fallen trees, destroyed homes and shattered lives. No one was believed killed, but at least 24 people who live in Country Squire Estates off Route 117 in South Londonderry Township were injured, including one seriously, according to county officials and a Her-shey Medical Center spokeswoman. Their names have not been released.

A tornado warning issued by the National Weather Service at 2:56 p.m. and the timing of the storm, when many people were at work, may have kept the injuries to a minimum, officials said. Daniel Kauffman, director of Lebanon Countys Emergency Management Agency, spent hours yesterday surveying the neighborhood by foot. He estimated that 30 to 50 houses were destroyed, Jim Zengerle Lebanon Daily News A twisted aluminum canoe wrapped around the trunk of a tree stripped of its limbs testifies to the winds strength. Jim Zengerle Lebanon Daily News The violent wind tore the wall off this house but left the contents of the exposed rooms untouched, giving the effect of a childs dollhouse.

including a farmhouse built in 1809. Another 20 to 30 houses sustained damage, he said. The cost of the damage has not been set, but it is likely to tally in the millions of dollars. Water, electricity and gas were shut off in the area after the storm. Kauffman could not say when power would be restored.

We need to make sure that the lines are secure so that we dont turn the power back on prematurely and cause another threat another danger, he said. Traffic along roads in the area, including routes 322 and 117, was tied up well into the evening as fire police directed motorists away from the scene. Other side roads were blocked with storm damage, making detours difficult. PennDOT officials said this morning that several state roads were closed (DOZENS, page 3A) LON DAILY trapped, freeing him and then quickly descending into the basement with the rest of his family. Nicholas suffered some scrapes and bruises, but was generally OK, his father said.

He was taken to Her-shey Medical Center, where he was treated for minor injuries and discharged. Surveying the wreckage of his house about two hours later, Machinga put his material loss into perspective. We were really starting to make this place nice, he said. Its so sad. Weve lost everything we own.

(But) when I was digging for my little boy, I would have given up everything. I didnt care about anything but him. Officials from the National Weather Service were expected to visit Machingas neighborhood today to determine if the storm that raged through it qualifies as a tornado. But the residents of South Londonderry who saw their homes and possessions destroyed dont need a meteorological label to be convinced about the storms intensity. And each one has a tale to tell.

Its something you dont want to experience, said a shaken Carolyn Seaman, who lives at 10 Eagle Drive with her husband, William. Carolyn Seaman was (SURVIVORS, page 3A) ing Nicholas with it. The addition blew off, and he disappeared, Machinga said. It was that fast. Just as fast, Machinga ran to where his son was The Associated Press As the sun sets behind a scene of incredible devastation, Derry Township police officers Eric Singiser and Susan Bucland (center), along with family friend Tracey Clements, salvage what they can from Officer Garth Warners home.

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