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Strong Wind — Monongalia, West Virginia
September 10, 2018 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$20K
Magnitude
30 EG
Area
Monongalia
Event narrative (NOAA)
A wind gust of 30-35 mph caused a tree to fall on a house. The ground was heavily saturated due to Remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon. A woman died while sleeping in her bed when the tree fell on her home around 4:30am (Monday, Sept 10th). ||Article: http://wvmetronews.com/2018/09/10/woman-killed-by-falling-tree-in-monongalia-county/.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.