Storm knocks tree onto house

Published 12:00 am Thursday, July 3, 2003

Special to the News-Herald/Contributed photo

The storm that ripped through parts of Suffolk early Thursday damaged a house in the 2400 block of Cherry Grove Road in Whaleyville. Rashae Cook, wife of Chesapeake Firefighter Charles Cook, was awakened around 1 a.m. after wind gusts sent an ancient oak tree crashing onto the roof. There farmhouse suffered no major structural damages and no one was injured.

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