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Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb, kills 51

MOORE, Okla. (AP) — A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct...

news Mon, May 20, 2013 - 11:01pm

Mea Miller, 13, sits outside her north Minneapolis home where she and her family rode out the tree damage from the storms Sunday. AP Photo/Marlin Levison

One confirmed dead as tornadoes strike Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- At least one person died when a tornado hit Minneapolis on Sunday, damaging scores of homes, toppling hundreds of trees and leaving 18 people with minor injuries...

news Sun, May 22, 2011 - 8:11pm

Tornado reported near downtown Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for the counties that include Minneapolis and St. Paul, and says it has received a report of a...

news Wed, Aug 19, 2009 - 2:47pm

Mike Johnson, supervisor of Swift County Parks, Drainage and Wetlands, cuts branches Wednesday as he and other workers, not pictured, attempt to remove the remains of as many as 200 trees the may have been snapped off or uprooted at the county park in Swift Falls. "It's bad," Johnson said of the debris created by a tornado the evening prior. Photo by Carolyn Lange

Tornado hits Minnesota family twice at two homes

SWIFT FALLS -- Carol Skarsten said she was "oblivious" to pending danger Tuesday afternoon while watching TV news about a storm warning for Swift County. But then her husband, Sanford,...

news Thu, Jul 16, 2009 - 3:33pm

Tornado causes damage near Emmaville this morning

A tornado damaged at least one mobile home and tore roofs from other structures Friday morning near the town of Emmaville in Hubbard County, Minn., according to Linda Eischens of...

Fri, Jun 06, 2008 - 11:50am