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Tornado hits Minneapolis
by TexasBlue Sun May 22, 2011 6:46 pm
At least 18 injured as tornado tears across Twin Cities
Associated Press
May 22, 2011
MINNEAPOLIS — At least one tornado hit Minneapolis on Sunday, damaging scores of homes and toppling hundreds of trees.
National Weather Service meteorologist Todd Krause said the line of damage stretched from just west of Minneapolis through the city and into the northeastern suburbs.
There were no immediate reports of serious injuries or deaths. About a dozen people were treated at North Memorial Hospital for storm injuries, but none were serious, spokeswoman Wendy Jerde said. The metro area's other two trauma centers, Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis and Regions Hospital in St. Paul, reported no injuries.
Aerial photos showed block after block of toppled trees and homes with damaged roofs in a northern residential part of the city. Images from KSTP-TV's helicopter showed an apartment building with part of its roof peeled off and the roofs of dozens of homes torn away to the studs. A few buildings collapsed completely.
Krause said it was clearly a tornado - the first to hit the city since August 2009.
"There was no doubt right away," he said. "When we are out on our damage survey, the purpose will not be to determine if it was a tornado. That was obvious. The purpose will be to see the strength, width."
Some north Minneapolis residents told the Star Tribune they saw the tornado go through their yards.
"It went right between our houses," said Tiffany Pabich, who was taking a nap just as the tornado passed. "A tree landed on top of my car. We smelled gas right away."
The storms uprooted as many as 50 natural gas service lines in Minneapolis and suburban St. Louis Park, and CenterPoint Energy warned residents to be careful of gas leaks. Xcel Energy reported more than 20,000 of its customers lost electricity in the metro area.
The Minneapolis Police Department asked people who didn't live in the area to stay away. A shelter for those displaced by the storm was set up Sunday afternoon at a nearby armory
Associated Press
May 22, 2011
MINNEAPOLIS — At least one tornado hit Minneapolis on Sunday, damaging scores of homes and toppling hundreds of trees.
National Weather Service meteorologist Todd Krause said the line of damage stretched from just west of Minneapolis through the city and into the northeastern suburbs.
There were no immediate reports of serious injuries or deaths. About a dozen people were treated at North Memorial Hospital for storm injuries, but none were serious, spokeswoman Wendy Jerde said. The metro area's other two trauma centers, Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis and Regions Hospital in St. Paul, reported no injuries.
Aerial photos showed block after block of toppled trees and homes with damaged roofs in a northern residential part of the city. Images from KSTP-TV's helicopter showed an apartment building with part of its roof peeled off and the roofs of dozens of homes torn away to the studs. A few buildings collapsed completely.
Krause said it was clearly a tornado - the first to hit the city since August 2009.
"There was no doubt right away," he said. "When we are out on our damage survey, the purpose will not be to determine if it was a tornado. That was obvious. The purpose will be to see the strength, width."
Some north Minneapolis residents told the Star Tribune they saw the tornado go through their yards.
"It went right between our houses," said Tiffany Pabich, who was taking a nap just as the tornado passed. "A tree landed on top of my car. We smelled gas right away."
The storms uprooted as many as 50 natural gas service lines in Minneapolis and suburban St. Louis Park, and CenterPoint Energy warned residents to be careful of gas leaks. Xcel Energy reported more than 20,000 of its customers lost electricity in the metro area.
The Minneapolis Police Department asked people who didn't live in the area to stay away. A shelter for those displaced by the storm was set up Sunday afternoon at a nearby armory
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