Twin tornadoes tear through Nebraska town; 2 dead
By Michael Pearson, Indra Petersons and Ed Payne, CNN
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The rare twin tornadoes that spun through on Monday night wiped out the town's business district, obliterated its fire station and ground 40 or 50 homes into rubble, Stanton County Sheriff Mike Unger said.
As much as three-fourths of the town of 350 is gone, Unger said. Two people died during the storm -- one a 5-year-old. The second death -- a traffic accident -- was probably weather-related, Unger said.
In Nebraska, severe weather also caused damage in the towns of Wisner, Stanton and Pender. All four communities are within about 40 miles (64 kilometers) of one another, about an hour and a half northwest of Omaha.
Back in Pilger, storm chasers captured dramatic video of the twin tornadoes tearing through the countryside. At one point, the twisters straddled a state highway.
"It was terribly wide," Marianne Pesotta told CNN affiliate KETV-TV. "I drove east (to escape). I could see how bad it was. I had to get out of there."
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