American Legion Building Collapses in Thursday Thunderstorm

American Legion building collapses in Thursday thunderstorm

A severe thunderstorm that moved through the Onslow County area on Thursday afternoon brought strong winds that caused the American Legion building in Jacksonville to collapse.

Jacksonville American Legion flattened by storm | Fox Wilmington WSFX-TV

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WITN) – The American Legion in Jacksonville was destroyed this afternoon as straight-line winds and possible tornadoes moved through Onslow County. Catie Ulrich-Rentz says she lives in an apartment complex next door to the Legion on Broadhurst Road. “It was insane to hear, it was so loud,” Ulrich-Rentz told WITN. The American Legion building in Jacksonville was destroyed as storms passed through Eastern Carolina on Thursday.…