MILLIKEN, Colo. — A tornado caused heavy damage in the northern Colorado towns of Windsor and Greeley on Thursday, but no serious injuries were immediately reported. "We have a lot of damage at this point," said Brenda Stoman of the Windsor Fire Department. She the tornado knocked down trees and shattered windows as well as damaging buildings. Weld County sheriff's spokeswoman Margie Martinez reported building damage in Greeley, about 10 miles east of Windsor. She said the tornado also flipped over two tractor-trailer rigs. High winds, heavy hail and rain were also reported. Television video showed homes and buildings with roof damage and farm irrigation equipment crumpled. Xcel Energy said electricity was knocked out to about 20,000 customers in northern Colorado. Interstate 25 was closed in northern Colorado.
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In de Verenigde Staten is gisteren minstens één dode gevallen bij de doortocht van tornado's in het nooredn van Colorado en zuiden van Wyoming in de Midwest. Verschillende auto's en huizen zijn beschadigd of volledig verwoest.
Een eerste tornado werd even na de middag opgemerkt in Platteville, 80 kilometer ten noorden van Denver. Een tweede tornado raasde even later in de buurt van Johnstown, zo'n twintig kilometer van Platteville verwijderd.
Windsor, een stadje van 16.000 inwoners, lijkt het hardst getroffen. Videobeelden tonen een tornado van bijna 400 meter breed. Een residentiële wijk is bijna met de grond gelijk gemaakt. Op een kampeerterrein in de buurt viel één dode, maar de plaatselijke sherrif wilde geen details vrijgeven over de doodsoorzaak. Over het aantal gewonden zijn voorlopig nog geen cijfers.
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In de Amerikaanse staat Colorado is minstens een dode gevallen bij de doortocht van een tornado. Dertien mensen raakten gewond. Hagelstenen ter grootte van golfballen beschadigden honderden auto's en huizen. Ook in de staten Wyoming, Kansas en Californië woeden hevige stormen. Dit jaar kwamen bij tornado's in de VS al 100 mensen om het leven.
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An old barn stands in a wheat field as a severe thunderstorm passes in the distance near Ogallah, Kan., Thursday. Severe thunderstorms dropped tornadoes across three states that killed one person and injured more than a dozen.
Elier Dominguez looks in the debris for any possessions after a tornado destroyed his home in Windsor, Colo. A second tornado touched down in the area near Johnstown, eight miles southwest of Greeley, the National Weather Service reported. All of northeastern Colorado was under a tornado watch through Thursday evening, the National Weather Service said.
Craig Singleton, left, and Gene Kang sit on a toppled tree in their Locust Street neighborhood after a tornado hit in Windsor, Colo.
Sam Shaw carries her daughter, Alexa Shaw, 2, in a wagon along with belongings she removed from her Windsor, Colo. home as residents were told to evacuate.
Richard Beardmore, left, and Sarah Shafer sit atop the tree that fell and crushed his brother's car as a tornado ripped through the Colorado town.
Part of the roof of city hall sits on a Ford Expedition parked in front of an insurance agency in the north-central Colorado community Thursday after the tornado passed through the community.
Skies darkened as heavy storms and tornadoes swept through northern Colorado and southern Wyoming.
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Robert Dilka looks at his father-in-law's car smashed by a tornado in Windsor.
An aerial view of destruction after tornadoes swept through northern Colorado and southern Wyoming.
A tractor-trailer lies on its side on Interstate 80 after being blown over in high winds Thursday in Laramie, Wyo. A National Weather Service meteorologist confirmed that a tornado touched down in Laramie that afternoon.
Power company workers disconnect service after the tornado slammed Windsor.
Courtney Guck searches his mom's house for her missing cat in Windsor. His mom, Elainie Froemming, was out of town, and he was in the basement when a tornado struck the home.
A severe thunderstorm produced up to marble size hail as several storm cells swept through Laramie.
Wil Callen looks at a tanker train blown off its wheels by the violent weather.
Ann Bruzewski and Jim Shette talk in front of her house in Platteville, Colo., after a tornado moved through the area Thursday.
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A boat sits to the side of Interstate 80 after a severe thunderstorm and tornado swept through Laramie.
A long line of wooden power poles are toppled along a road near the headquarters of State Farm Insurance Company on the west side of Greeley, Colo.
While tornadoes targeted Colorado, Wyoming and Kansas, California was dealing with a wildfire in the Santa Cruise mountainside. Ian McClelland, in blue, left, talks with a news reporter as he surveys the charred remains of his Maymens Flat, Calif., home Thursday. Gusty winds fanned a wildfire Thursday that burned several homes, forced evacuations and closed schools in the mountains of central California, where rugged terrain frustrated efforts to get a handle on the fast-moving blaze.
A road sign is twisted from the force of the tornado winds on the west side of Greeley, Colo., Thursday.
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vraag me toch alleen af hoe die mensen er elke weer weer zin en motivatie in hebben om die rotzooi wer op te ruimen/op te bouwen?
vind ze altijd zo nonchelant overkomen als ze tussen de restanten van hun huis lopen, ...zo van ...mwaa...hier en daar nog een goed plankie om weer te bouwen!!!
het zal de schijn zijn, maar toch!?!?
Ruk.
Stormy weather, natural gas leaks and the threat of explosions kept hundreds of anxious residents from assessing the damage to their homes on Friday, a day after a large tornado tore through a 35-mile stretch of northern Colorado, killing one person and injuring dozens.
The twister damaged or destroyed homes, businesses, dairies and farms in several Weld County towns Thursday. The storm system pelted the region with golf ball-size hail, swept vehicles off roads and tipped 15 rail cars off the tracks in Windsor, a farm town about 70 miles north of Denver.
Police and more than 100 National Guard troops cordoned off a particularly hard-hit area of about one square mile on Friday so utility crews could check each home for gas leaks, repair gas mains severed by uprooted trees, remove downed power lines and clear streets of shattered glass and debris.
It might take a day or more to secure the area, said Bill Easterling, commander of the emergency response team. I think at this point it's pretty much hit me, said a dejected Cindy Miller, a 46-year-old high school teacher. I'm not going home for a while.
Before being ordered out Thursday, Miller found a wall to her house torn apart and insulation, glass, water and debris everywhere. Wooden planks had penetrated a bathroom wall, and her trampoline was in a neighbor's yard.
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