The town of Pilger, Neb. was devastated earlier this week when rare, powerful “twin tornadoes” touched down simultaneously, destroying more than half the town and killing two people. According to reports, approximately 75% of the structures in the town of 350 were leveled by the tornadoes. The storms were part of a wider outbreak in northeast Nebraska this week that spawned a total of four EF-4 tornado touchdowns, critically injuring 20.
According to Aon Benfield and the Storm Prediction Center, there were roughly 1,250 local storm reports this week in the U.S., including 98 reports of tornadoes, 791 reports of high winds and 341 reports of hail.
It was a damaging week, too. Storm damage was reported across nearly two-dozen states, with the most significant issues reported in Nebraska, Kansas, South Dakota, Colorado and Iowa.
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