“This damage included well-built apartment buildings with complete roof and exterior wall removal,” the NWS statement said. “In addition, significant tree devastation including numerous trees debarked and nubbed down to the trunk were found along the Stillwater River east of Riverside Drive.”
The Dayton Daily News was the first to bring you those images, as a reporter was at the Rivers Edge Apartments along the Stillwater River as dawn broke Tuesday morning, interviewing residents about their harrowing night.
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The attached photos were taken between 6 and 6:40 a.m. Tuesday.
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