Storm kills 3, rips roof off 7-story apartment building
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a brief but severe storm killed three people in southeastern Pennsylvania and ripped the roof off a seven-story apartment building. Montgomery County officials say the three fatalities occurred in separate incidents during Wednesday’s noontime storm, two in Lower Merion Township and one in Lower Moreland. The chair of Montgomery County’s board of commissioners, Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, said there were also a number of serious fires and the loss of the seven-story apartment building’s roof left 150 units uninhabitable. Arkoosh said some areas may be without power for several days, and many nursing homes are on generator backup.