Tornado rips through Tallahassee, shutting down the airport for about two hours
A tornado that swept across Tallahassee Wednesday afternoon interrupted government proceedings, closed the airport, tossed trees and cut power to thousands of people.
The National Weather Service’s Tallahassee bureau said the tornado cut across the south side of the city, hitting Tallahassee International Airport, which is southwest of both Florida State University and Florida A&M University. Around 1:50 p.m., the airport reopened, although with one of its two runways closed by debris.
The city’s power-tracking map said just over 5,800 people were without power as of 2 p.m..
In the state Capitol building, committee meetings were paused. Staff and senators were told to go to the basement levels and hallways of buildings. Some members were concerned about being crowded together, although they supposedly stayed masked.
This story was originally published January 27, 2021 at 1:41 PM.
