In the path - and the aftermath - of a rare Delaware tornado

An aerial view of William Henry Middle School in Dover, which was damaged in Tuesday's storm. Dover Mayor Robin Christiansen said it was one of two buildings condemned in the city.

The Mr. Tire service center just south of Smyrna is left with a collapsed roof Friday after tropical storm Isaias brought a tornado that swept from Dover to Glasgow earlier this week.

The Mr. Tire service center just south of Smyrna is left with a collapsed roof Friday after tropical storm Isaias brought a tornado that swept from Dover to Glasgow earlier this week.

An Audi sports car is left damaged in the parking lot of the Mr. Tire service center south of Smyrna Friday after tropical storm Isaias brought a tornado that swept from Dover to Glasgow earlier this week.

A massive tree is downed Friday along Route 13 at Smyrna's southern border after tropical storm Isaias brought a tornado that swept from Dover to Glasgow earlier this week.

John Childs describes how a tornado from from tropical storm Isaias ripped apart a portion of his Black Diamond Road home north of Smyrna Friday.

Corn in the field bordering the Childs' home on Black Diamond Road north of Smyrna is left flattened Friday after tropical storm Isaias brought a tornado that swept from Dover to Glasgow earlier this week.

John Childs stands in what was the second floor bedroom of his home on Back Diamond Road after tropical storm Isaias brought a tornado that swept from Dover to Glasgow earlier this week.

The Childs' home on Black Diamond Road north of Smyrna shows the effects of being in the path of a tornado.

John Miller of Gum Bush Road near Townsend works Tuesday on the dozens of trees that clogged the road in front of his and his neighbors' houses after a tornado.

Trees show the path of destruction between Gum Bush Road and Eagle Nest Landing Road near Townsend after tropical storm Isaias brought tornadoes to the area Tuesday morning.

A volunteer helps clear debris at C-Line Stables in Townsend Friday after tropical storm Isaias brought a tornado that swept from Dover to Glasgow earlier this week.

A piece of wood is left embedded in a stable roof Friday at C-Line Stables in Townsend after tropical storm Isaias brought a tornado that swept from Dover to Glasgow earlier this week.

A horse grazes at C-Line Stables Friday after tropical storm Isaias brought a tornado that swept from Dover to Glasgow earlier this week. Stables had roofs ripped off but no horse - or people - suffered serious injury at the Townsend institution.

A stable at C-Line Stables in Townsend is left without a roof Friday after tropical storm Isaias brought a tornado that swept from Dover to Glasgow earlier this week.

A stable at C-Line Stables is exposed to the sky Friday after tropical storm Isaias brought a tornado that swept from Dover to Glasgow earlier this week.

Workers, many of them volunteers, clear debris from a field at C-Line Stables in Townsend Friday after tropical storm Isaias brought a tornado that swept from Dover to Glasgow earlier this week.

Megan Manubay of Ohio (left) and Meghan Morrell of Virginia pitch in to help clean up at C-Line Stables after tropical storm Isaias brought a tornado that swept from Dover to Glasgow earlier this week. Both had ridden at the stables previously and wanted to help out.

Volunteers pitch in to clean up debris at C-Line Stables in Townsend Friday after tropical storm Isaias brought a tornado that swept from Dover to Glasgow earlier this week.

A contractor at work on a the roof of a home in the Estates at Dove Run looks over the job Friday after tropical storm Isaias brought a tornado that swept from Dover to Glasgow earlier this week.

Michael Boseman of the Estates at Dove Run describes how he and his dog, King, were overtaken by the storm.

Bernardo Trabel discusses how a tornado ripped away much of one side of his home in the Estates at Dove Run in Middletown Friday after tropical storm Isaias brought a tornado that swept from Dover to Glasgow earlier this week.

Timothy Burroughs stands on the trunk of a nearly 70-foot tall pin oak tree that was knocked down by Tropical Storm Isaias.

A blue tarp hangs over where the roof used to be on Cassandra and James Boyd's home in Brennan Estates after a tornado ripped through their home on Tuesday, Aug. 4.

Downed branches lay outside Cassandra and James Boyd's home in Brennan Estates on Friday after a tornado ripped through their home on Tuesday, Aug. 4.

Reconstruction worker Jonathan Topal (left), James Boyd (center) and Cassandra Boyd stand outside the Boyds' home in Brennan Estates on Friday after a tornado ripped off their roof on Tuesday, Aug. 4.

James Boyd sits outside his home on Friday after a tornado ripped off his roof on Tuesday, Aug. 4.

The fractured roof of a home in Glasgow's Brennan Estates that was ripped from its place Tuesday morning.

Aerial footage shows the damage in the Smyrna-area from Tropical Storm Isaias. 8/7/20

Amy Brennan tentatively steps into her Summit Bridge Farms home on Wednesday morning, a day after a tornado tore the roof off the house she shares with her two children.

Tom Lake works with neighbors, contractors and friends to clear debris on Wednesday morning, a day after a tornado tore a destructive path through his Summit Bridge Farms neighborhood.

Severely damaged homes sit scattered among those unscathed by the tornado that sprung out of Tropical Storm Isaias into the Summit Bridge Farms neighborhood on Tuesday morning.