New York (CNN) -- Severe weatherbarreledacross the Northeast and mid-Atlantic on Saturday as a powerful cold front brought heavy rain, high winds and at least one tornado into a beachfrontneighborhood of New York City.

　　cold front: 冷锋

　　A waterspoutwith winds up to 70 mph churnedonshore and turned into a tornado toward Breezy Point, officials said, a Queens neighborhood on the western edge of the Rockaway peninsula.

　　Amateur video captured images of the twister spiralinga mixture of sand and debris, which was largely flungonto a nearby baseball field, according to Ross Dickman, a National Weather Service spokesman.

　　The funnel churned about 600 yards inland before dissipating, Dickman said. But it still had enough power to knock down trees and power lines, causing minor structural damage to nearby buildings.

　　knock down: 撞倒

　　power line: 输电线

　　A New York fire department official, who declined to be named citing official policy, said fire units deployedto the Breezy Point area in response to reports of overturned cars, broken windows and roof damage.

　　decline to: 婉言拒绝

　　in response to： 响应

　　"It just got real windy and dark," said Juliana Santiago, who works at the Silver Gull Beach Club.

　　Roughly half a mile away, the Breezy Point Surf Club was damaged and closed after storms knocked out the power, said Santiago.

　　knock out : 击垮

　　"I heard a big wind and heard a snapping of a utility pole," said Jim Brady, who said he watched as the storms rolled in at Breezy Point.

　　utility pole: 电线杆

　　roll in: 到达

　　"It literally looked like the Wizard of Oz," said Jim Brady, a fellow witness.

　　Wizard of Oz: 绿野仙踪

　　A second confirmed tornado touched down in Brooklyn, another New York City borough, around 11:30 a.m., according to the weather service. This twister was about 50 yards wide as it traveled a half mile in Canarsie, about 9 miles north of the other reported tornado.

　　touch down : 着陆

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