Twin tornadoes touch down in Queens and Brooklyn

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Daily News - 9/8/12

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tornado in Brooklyn, here on Flatbush Ave.

Debbie Egan-Chin/ New York Daily News

The tornado as seen on Flatbush Ave.

Twin tornadoes tore through the city Saturday, peeling off a roof in Brooklyn like a tomato can and sending beach chairs and barbecue grills soaring in Queens.

The first funnel cloud swept through Breezy Point, Queens, about 10:58 a.m. after blasting into the Rockaway Peninsula with pounding winds of 70 mph.

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