--- description: A storm that swept through the Boston area Sunday night hit the coastal city of about 53,000 people, leaving felled trees, shattered windows and rattled residents. title: Tornado Does Damage to Revere, Mass. image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9289d1649dc1981e/69869d9455a8590360a81f81/revere-massachusettes-tornado.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [weather](/tag/weather/) ## weather Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Tornado Does Damage to Revere, Mass. by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 28, 2014 8:18 PM CUT  Downed trees and power lines lay in front of homes in Revere, Mass., on July 28, 2014 after a tornado touched down. Downed trees and power lines lay in front of homes in Revere, Mass., on July 28, 2014 after a tornado touched down.Elise Amendola—AP by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 28, 2014 8:18 PM CUT A storm that swept through the Boston area Sunday night hit the coastal city of about 53,000 people, leaving felled trees, shattered windows and rattled residents.  A man tours the storm damage by bicycle on Taft Street in Revere, Mass. on July 28, 2014. Dominick Reuter—Reuters  Downed trees and power lines lay in front of homes in Revere, Mass., on July 28, 2014 after a tornado touched down. Elise Amendola—AP  Boston Police Department officers investigate storm damage along Taft Street in Revere, Mass. on July 28, 2014. Dominick Reuter—Reuters  Utility workers respond to storm damage on Vinal Street in Revere, Mass. on July 28, 2014. Dominick Reuter—Reuters  A worker cuts a tree from on top of a storm-damaged car on Beach Street in Revere, Mass. on July 28, 2014. Dominick Reuter—Reuters  Women walk past a fallen tree after a storm on Wilson Street in Revere, Mass. on July 28, 2014. Dominick Reuter—Reuters  A woman looks at her neighbours' properties from her porch on Taft Street in Revere, Mass. on July 28, 2014. Dominick Reuter—Reuters  Master Auto manager Marie Annaloro, left, and Victoria Ohlson,right, sweep glass and debris in their service garage where the roof blew off after a tornado touched down in Revere, Mass. on July 28, 2014. Elise Amendola—AP  A collapsed roof is seen with damaged automobiles at a car workshop on Herman Street in Revere, Mass. on July 28, 2014. Dominick Reuter—Reuters  A man walks amid cleanup crews on Vinal Street in Revere, Mass. on July 28, 2014. Dominick Reuter—Reuters  Two boys sweep storm debris from the sidewalk on Cheever Street in Revere, Mass. on July 28, 2014. 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