New Jersey Weather: Watch As High Winds Peel Roof Off All Action Sports In Somers Point
SOMERS POINT, N.J. (CBS) -- There's been some wild weather all day long at the Jersey Shore, from heavy rain to strong winds. Earlier Monday, a viewer captured video of how strong wind gusts were here in Somers Point.
The roof at All Action Sports peeled right off, like a kid's toy.
The shed was built last month but went flying as if a tornado hit town.
Christina Rovinski talked very calmly as she described the moment straight-line winds ripped the roof off a building at a Somers Point marina Monday morning.
"It's literally right in front of our house and the building went up just really quick a few weeks back and it was just something right in front of our eyes," Rovinkski said.
Rovinski says she began recording the weather on her phone so that their friends and family would know that they were safe, but she also wanted to capture the destruction that ravaged a nearby marina.
Her boyfriend, Gary Picard, ran outside to move their vehicles before the video of the roof ripping off was recorded.
"The house that we're living in now was actually shaking, the windows in the house we're actually rattling," Picard said.
The high winds brought trees down as light poles swayed in the wind.
Police shut down a part of Mays Landing Road to protect drivers in case a pole comes falling.
A viewer also sent Eyewitness News video of a boat that somehow became loose during the rain and heavy winds.
The severe storms left thousands without power in New Jersey.
Congressman Jeff Van Drew requested a state of emergency declaration from Gov. Phil Murphy to help with the storm damage as South Jersey continues to clean up and rebuild.
CBS3's Alecia Reid and Kimberly Davis contributed to this report.
