WBAL Reports:

Baltimore City fire units are in the 2200 block of Fleetwood Ave for reports of extensive damage to about 100 homes and several injuries to residents.

Around 1:30-1:50 am apparent 80 mph wind gust ripped through northeast Baltimore ripping off rooves to a number of homes, uprooting trees, causing massive power outages and some injuries to residents in the Dutch Village Townhome Community.

Search and rescue teams as well as Firefighters are performing search and rescue operations in that area and paramedics are assessing injuries to residents.

There are no reported fatalities as a result of this event. 

A check with the counties of Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Harford, and Howard revealed trees and wires downed, power outages, but no injuries reported.

BGE crews are working to restore power to thousands who lost it during the sudden wind and thunderstorm. 

Baltimore City Fire Department Spokesman Kevin Cartright says he spoke with the National Weather Service who verified that 80 mph winds impacted the Northeast corridor of the city and Parkville in Baltimore County.

Several MTA busses were brought in to shelter the temporarily homeless.

WJZ REPORTS:

Three people were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries and one is a child.

The storm caused roofs to blow off homes. There are many down trees and live wires on the ground. Officials are warning residents to be careful and to try to stay clear of certain areas.  Dozens of homes are damaged and cars are flipped over from the weather activity overnight. Officials believe a tornado may have passed through. Firefighters are assessing the damage and BGE crews are trying to restore the power.

Residents say they are still in shock.

“It’s a scene from ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ All you feel is the building just picking up. You hear wind banging against the window. You could look out the window and just see people’s vehicles moving across the parking lot going on top of other people cars. You could see the trees ripping up from the roots, spinning overtop of the building,” said Davone McDaniel.

“It blew out our bedroom window completely. It blew out our patio doors. We have no patio doors and the windows are out. It blew the cars over. The rooftops are off of the houses and bedrooms collapsed and everything,” said Shakia Gilyard.

“The kids ran in the room, they were frantic and scared. We had to go downstairs and take them to a neighbor’s house and when we went outside, her car was pushed up on another car,” said Eric Gilyard.

Many of the residents will be going to shelters. There are shelters in Baltimore County at Parkville Fire Station and Mt. Pleasant Ice Rank.  Those two places are open for residents who have been misplaced by the storm. The national weather service will be on the scene to assess the damage and determine if the storm qualifies as a tornado.

More than 19,000 homes were in the dark.