Footage has emerged of a severe storm, described as a tornado by the filmer, ripping through New Jersey on Tuesday.

According to the man who shot the video on his phone, the storm "uprooted big trees, knocked down telephone poles and flipped over cars."

Powerful thunderstorms hit the US Mid-Atlantic region on Tuesday, with winds of up to 70mph being recorded in the Garden State.

Footage has emerged of a severe storm, described as a tornado by the filmer, ripping through New Jersey on Tuesday.

According to the man who shot the video on his phone, the storm "uprooted big trees, knocked down telephone poles and flipped over cars."

Powerful thunderstorms hit the US Mid-Atlantic region on Tuesday, with winds of up to 70mph being recorded in the Garden State.

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A tornado rips through new jersey tuesday without warning uprooting big trees knocking down light poles and telephone poles as well as flipping over cars and destroying homes i was lucky to cell phone record some of the begining footage