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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
National
Brittny Mejia

After a civil war and 1992 LA riots, he thought he'd seen it all. Then came a tornado

LOS ANGELES — He fended off paramilitary forces in El Salvador during his country's bloody civil war. He protected his soccer store during the 1992 Los Angeles riots with a gun that held only five bullets.

Nicolas Orellana thought nothing would ever surprise him again.

Then a tornado touched down in suburban L.A.

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