The tornado happening late Monday night into early Tuesday morning. Many Ocean Isle residents were asleep at the time of the storm. It s like bombs went off in some of the houses, one resident recalled.
The tornado killed three people, injured 10 others and flattened dozens of homes. It s something unlike I have ever seen before. A lot of destruction. It s going to be a long recovery process, Brunswick County Sheriff John Ingram said.
National Weather Service said the tornado had estimated winds of 160 miles per hour equivalent to a Catagory 5 storm.
Drone video shows the extent of the damage:
Governor Roy Cooper spent Wednesday surveying the damage left behind from a deadly EF-3 tornado that ripped through Brunswick County earlier this week.