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Meteorologists Confirm Two Tornadoes Hit Area

By Mark Scott

Buffalo, NY – The National Weather Service's Buffalo office has confirmed that two tornadoes swept through Western New York Sunday.

One followed a six-and-a-half-mile path between the towns of Belfast and Angelica in Allegany County. Meteorologist Stan Levine describes it as a F-2 category tornado with winds topping 150 miles an hour. It destroyed a home, garage and barn in Belfast.

No injuries were reported.

A second, less powerful tornado touched down in the Town of Concord where it 75 mile per hour winds lifted the roof off a barn.