Tornado Hit Two Western Massachusetts Towns

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Paul Tuthill

Published February 27, 2017 at 10:14 AM EST

The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touched down in western Massachusetts over the weekend.

It is the first recorded February tornado in Massachusetts since official record keeping started in 1950.

WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Christopher Besse, the spokesman for the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.

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