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Tornados, heavy rains pummel state
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Thursday, June 26, 2003
Parts of central Minnesota have been devastated by recent storms over the weekend and early this week. Wind gusts reached up to 73 mph in Douglas County, causing power lines to fall and trees to be uprooted. Officials in the city of Nelson wanted to shut down their main road to stop waves of water from flowing into businesses and homes. Heavy rain caused part of a theater roof to collapse in Little Falls. Audience members were watching "The Hulk" when the roof behind the screen crashed and brought the screen down with it.
Tuesday night brought the worst bout of weather to the state, with torrential rainfalls surpassing 10 inches in some areas causing massive flooding and about 40 tornado warnings issued over the course of the night. Six twisters did touch down and one tore through the town of Buffalo Lake. While damage was severe, no serious injuries were reported.
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