LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — Police in Longview, Washington, are asking people to avoid a section of the city because of damaged property and downed power lines.
The National Weather Service says a “strong wind event” hit the southwest Washington city Thursday afternoon, and video taken by a citizen appears to show a roof being blown off a building.
Jennifer Rossetti saw debris flying past her window at the Minuteman Press in Longview. Rossetti says wind blew the door off a nearby office supply store.
Jalen West, a 17-year-old student at Kelso High School, says a school police officer ran into the gym and told students to move to the locker room.
The Longview Fire Department did not have injury reports or a damage estimate on Thursday afternoon.
Longview is about 50 miles north of Portland, Oregon.