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Storm damage assessment begins

By ASSOCIATED PRESS   Tuesday, January 8, 2008 - 7:21 a.m.
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TOWN OF WHEATLAND, Wis. (AP) - Local officials and teams from the National Weather Service begin to assess the full extent of tornado damage in southern Wisconsin at daybreak.

Kenosha County Sheriff's Lieutenant Paul Falduto says they'll survey the damage in the light of day, determine what homes are no longer structurally sound and begin moving in resources.

Sheriff David Beth says it's a miracle that no one was seriously injured or killed in the tornadoes that struck his county.

A rare series of January tornadoes destroyed at least 30 homes, knocked over trees and downed power lines.

But only about a dozen people were injured and none was seriously hurt.

Hardest hit was a subdivision in the town of Wheatland, about 50 miles southwest of Milwaukee and just north of the Illinois border.

Officials say about 20 homes there were damaged, and almost a dozen of them were flattened.

Aurora Medical Group facilities in the area treated 13 people for storm-related injuries, all minor.
Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.




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