Southwest Minnesota Tornado
July 25, 2000
Photo Set 2.

Brian Peterson Star Tribune.  This home with the roof blown off shows the interior still intact with a lamp on the table, in western end of Granite Falls.

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Brian Peterson Star Tribune  A lone person searches through the rubble.

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Jim Mone Associated Press.  A Minnesota National Guardsman stands duty near grain elevators and bins which were destroyed by a tornado that struck Granite Falls, Minn.  The tornado snaked along a 12-block path, killing one man and injuring at least 14 people while tearing up 300 to 350 homes. As many as five funnel clouds were spotted at one time.

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Jim Mone Associated Press. Debris lies everywhere, including part of a house that landed in the street, right, as Minnesota National Guardsmen patrol streets in Granite Falls, Minn.,following a tornado that ripped throught the town Tuesday.

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Photos courtesy of the Star Tribune (Minneapolis St. Paul, MN) and, The Associated Press

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