A powerful microburst swept through Brownsville Sunday afternoon, damaging the Haywood County Department of Children’s Services building and bringing down several trees across the area. A preliminary weather assessment estimates that winds associated with the storm reached between 60 and 70 miles per hour. That estimate is based on the extent of the building damage …

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