HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED.
RIGHT NOW THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE
IS STILL UNKNOWN.
.
FOLKS IN BLUE EARTH ARE
PICKING UP AFTER A TORNADO LAST
NIGHT DAMAGING CROPS, BUILDINGS
AND TAKING OUT POWER LINES.
WESPENT SOME TIME TODAY
CHECKING OUT THE DAMAGE.
.
YES, THIS AFTERNOON THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
CONFIRMED IT WAS A TORNADO THAT
TOUCHED DOWN JUST NORTH OF LAKE
CRYSTAL ALONG 500 AND 5TH
AVENUE HERE.
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE STRONG
WINDS DID TO TO THIS MACHINERY
SHED.
IT RIPPED ITAPART, EVEN LIFTED
THE ROOF RIGHT OFF OF IT.
EARLIER TODAYWE TALKED TO SOME
HOMEOWNERS WHO DESCRIBED WHAT
HAPPENED AROUND HERE AROUND
10:30 LAST NIGHT.
SUNDAY NIGHT WAS A QUIET NIGHT
UNTIL THINGS GOT LOUD AND
VIOLENT OUTSIDE.
THE LIGHTNING CAME IN MORE
AND MORE FREQUENCY AND GOT
LOUDER AND LOUDER AND LOUDER.
MIKE JOHNSON AND HIS WIFE
HAVE LIVED IN THIS HOUSE 34
YEARS BUT NEVER SEEN STORM
DAMAGE LIKE THIS.
IT WAS 6 FEET TALL.
THE WIND KNOCKED THE
CHIMNEY OFF, CRUSHED 2 OLD
BARNS IN THEIR BACKYARD, AND
SNAPPED AN OLD SPRUCE TREE.
IT JUST MISSEDHITTING THEIR
HOME.
THE STRUCTURES AND THE
SIDING IS OKAY, THE ROOF IS
OKAY.
PRETTY LUCKY I GUESS AS FAR AS
HOW IT COULD HAVE BEEN YOU
KNOW, IF A TREE HAD FALLEN
DIRECTLY ON THE HOUSE.
ACROSS THE ROAD AT JAY
UTTER'S HOUSE MORE THAN 40
TREES ARE SPLIT OR DOWN, ONE
FELL ACROSS HIS FRONT DECK.
A GARAGEDOOR IS IMPALED LIKE A
BRANCH.
MY EARS POPPED.
BETWEEN HOUSES ARE HUNDREDS
OF ACRES OF CROPS.
THE WINDFLATTENED ROWS OF CORN
SOME SNAPPED AT THE BASE.
CREWS AREWORKING TO RESTORE
POWER LINES AND POLES THAT WERE
KNOCKED DOWN.
NOBODY IS HURT, THAT'S THE
GOOD THING.
.
RIGHT NOW WE CAN GIVE YOU
LIVE LOOK AT SOME OF THE ROWS
OF CORN KNOCKED DOWN BY THE
STRONG WIND.
YOU COULD SEE SOME OF DEBRIS,
THE SIDING BLOWN INTO THEM.
THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENTSAYS
ABOUT 600 ACRES OF CROPS WERE
FLATTENED BY THIS STORM LAST
NIGHT BUT AGAIN AS YOU HEARD
FORTUNATELY NO REPORTS OF ANY
INJURIES SO FAR.
