RV residents didn't hear tornado warning sirens
- by Jerome Frank
- in World News
- — Jul 13, 2018
The McKenzie County Sheriff's Office reports at least 28 people were injured, three people were flown by air ambulance and at least six people are in critical condition.
Support is pouring in for victims of a tornado that tore through a city in western North Dakota's oil patch, including for a couple whose week-old baby died in the storm.
Right now, there are widespread power outages in the area.
Bowden says he and his dog were in his camper at Prairie View RV Park early Tuesday when powerful winds picked it up and slammed it down on the ground.
More than 120 structures at the RV park and its surroundings were destroyed, and about 200 people have been displaced, emergency workers said. "RVs flipped over. Trucks underneath RVs", Jappe said. More than two dozen people were hurt in the storm that overturned recreational vehicles and tossed mobile homes, officials said Tuesday.
Karolin Jappe, the McKenzie County emergency manager, said the RV park is one of the largest such facilities to spring up during the oil boom and there were some mobile homes on the property.
The National Weather Service in Bismarck has confirmed an EF-2 tornado with winds of around 127 miles per hour touched down in Watford City a little before 1 a.m. Tuesday.
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Rob Stotz, executive director for the Dakotas Region Red Cross, said the response from the community was so overwhelming that he needed to spread word that they didn't need more clothing donations.
Schwartzenberger said the park residents were allowed back Tuesday afternoon to collect their belongings. "We are very thankful that their young son Tristan was having a sleepover that night and was unharmed", said Sheila Anderson, who created the GoFundMe page. He said the park would then be shut down and that cleanup operations would resume Wednesday morning.
Schwartzenberger says his house half a mile from the RV park suffered siding, shingle and hail damage.
Dozens were injured in an RV park in Watford City, North Dakota, when tornado caused widespread destruction.
He estimated 70 of several hundred recreational vehicles at the park were damaged.
About 150 people, including Bowden, are staying at the Watford City Civic Center where the Red Cross has set up a temporary shelter.
