Microburst Downs Trees, Damaging Property In Massachusetts Town

The clean up continues in western Mass. after a wet microburst touched down in Longmeadow causing trees to fall down damaging homes and cars.

Western Mass News got a first-hand look Sunday morning at the damage. We spoke with homeowners on Laurel Street who were cleaning up their yard after a massive tree came down and struck part of their house.

Brian O’Connor who lives in this home says he was in the shower when he heard the tree come down. The O’Connor’s said its dejavu for them because something similar happened last year.

While many thought this storm could have been a possible tornado, the National Weather Service says that this was a ’wet microburst’ with damaging winds, rain and lightning.