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'Utter Devastation' In Brimfield After Tornado Outbreak

BRIMFIELD (CBS) - In all, 18 communities sustained serious damage from a tornado outbreak in Massachusetts on Wednesday, but perhaps the hardest hit area was Brimfield, a small Massachusetts town located halfway between Springfield and Worcester.

One of the four people killed in Massachusetts during the severe weather outbreak was from Brimfield, a town home to less than 4,000 people.

WBZ-TV's Jim Smith said there was "utter devastation" on Haynes Hill Road in Brimfield.

Raw Video - Jim Smith shows us damage on the ground in Brimfield:

Photos: Tornadoes Tear Through Massachusetts

"I can't even begin to describe it," said Jim.

WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Bernice Corpuz reports.

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Brimfield Tornado Damage
(credit: Jim Smith)

Jim described that over a several-acre stretch, several trees and homes were completely leveled.

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SkyEye surveyed the damage over Brimfield on Thursday and captured images of a turned-over school bus in the middle of a wooded area, cars on top of flattened homes, and what appeared to be siding floating in a nearby body of water.

WBZ-TV's Jim Smith reports.

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