SHELBY, Ohio — After a tornado touched down in Shelby Sunday, cleanup efforts are underway and local police want to let residents know about repair scams and scrappers collecting items on properties without permission.
In a Facebook post, police said they have already been called about several incidents where people collecting scrap have been chased off properties.
"Home and property owners as well as any citizen: if you observe scrappers on property without permission, please call us and we will address it. Make sure to provide a good description for us. Take a photo with your phone if you can," police said.
Contractors doing work within the city limits must register with the City of Shelby.
There were at least six injuries from the tornado, which had a 17-mile-long path and was up to half a mile wide, the NWS confirmed. The EF2 tornado swept through Richland County at about 4:42 p.m. Sunday.
Tornadoes are rated on the enhanced Fujita Scale from EFO to EF5 with EFO being the weakest with winds of 65-85 mph. EF2 tornados have wind speeds of 111 to 135 mph and do “considerable damage.”
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