Killer tornado hits US town
2005-08-13 12:39
Wright - A tornado struck a mobile home park with little warning, killing two people and injuring about a dozen others, authorities said.
Three people remained missing late on Friday night.
The twister touched down on Friday afternoon in this coal-mining town of 1 400 people about 160km northeast of Casper, said Campbell County Sheriff Bill Pownall.
"The warning was going off just as it hit from what I understand," Pownall said. "They didn't have a lot of time to seek shelter."
About 30 to 40 homes in the mobile home park were either damaged or destroyed, and a nearby elementary school was also damaged, the sheriff said.
One person was found dead at the scene, while a second died at a hospital in Gillette, Pownall said.
Two people were in fair condition at the hospital and five others were treated and released, officials said.
- AP