Salisbury’s clean up efforts are swift post EF-1 tornado

Cars flipped, trees smashed into windshields, and tree trunks jammed into homes. These are all signs of an EF-1 tornado ripping through Salisbury.

Princeton Avenue area in Salisbury getting the worst damage.

Salisbury Mayor Jake Day says, "We’ve seen a tree through a house, a porch ripped off of a house, a tree down on several cars, that’s the area that we’ve seen the most damage and there’s a ton of debris. A lot of tree limbs, shutters, things like that."

With significant damage done to the area, the city of Salisbury is all hands on deck to clear the mess as quickly as possible.

"We’ve cleaned most of that up, all of it out of the public right away is clean for now. But we’re trying to help private citizens as much as we can or citizens on their private property as much as we can too. We’ll just be available a heightened state of readiness for the rest of the week. But most of the major clean up is done," Mayor Day tells 47 ABC.

And despite the whirlwind of chaos, the fire department was able to put out an all-call to all off duty personnel. City of Salisbury says this was a huge help to ensure that every call in the city got a quick response.

Mayor Day says they've been getting calls from mayors across the state, offering support.

The Department of Field Operations is asking residents from that area to gather all their debris and to place it in your front yard behind the sidewalk.

From there, it will be collected on Monday or possibly even prior.

If you have any questions or concerns, you can call the Field Operations at 410-548-3177.