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The May 15, 1998 Minnesota storms were several instances of severe thunderstorms that impacted much of Minnesota on May 15, 1998. A combination of tornadoes , downbursts and large hail combined to cause $1.5 billion (1998 USD) in damage across the state.
Backus is a city in Cass County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 262 at the 2020 census. [4] ... Backus, Minnesota. 32 languages ...
He began his lumbering career in 1882 at the Lee and McCullock Company, which soon became Lee and Backus, and then in 1899 Backus-Brooks Company. [1] He overextended himself in the 1920s and suffered severe losses in the Great Depression, and died of a heart attack in New York in 1934. Edward W. Backus is the namesake of the city of Backus ...
The main threat area ran from North Dakota southeastward into Minnesota and northern Iowa to western Wisconsin. [1] Damage from the tornado in Kasota, Minnesota. The tornadoes began about noon central time in North Dakota, with three tornadoes produced there. Then, during the mid-afternoon hours, 11 more tornadoes touched down, 9 of which were ...
The 1968 Tracy tornado was an extremely powerful tornado that struck Tracy, Minnesota on Thursday, June 13, 1968, at around 7:00 p.m. [1] Rated F5 on the Fujita scale, the tornado killed nine people and injured 125 others. [1] The tornado tracked nine miles (14 km) through Murray, Lyon and Redwood counties in southwestern Minnesota. It is one ...
Forest Home Cemetery is home to 28 Milwaukee mayors, seven Wisconsin governors, noted industrialists and over 110,000 burials. [8] The Newhall House Monument is a mass grave for 64 people of the Newhall House fire of 1883, in which 71 individuals (43 unidentified) died. George A. Abert, member of the Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State ...
A Minnesota high school football team won their state title on a jaw-dropping last-second Hail Mary that almost went wrong before turning into a touchdown. (Getty) (David Madison via Getty Images ...
The 1998 Comfrey–St. Peter tornado outbreak was an unseasonably-strong tornado outbreak which affected the Upper Midwest region of the United States on March 29, 1998. A strong area of low pressure combined with a warm front and favorable upper-level dynamics to produce 16 tornadoes across the region—14 in Minnesota and two in Wisconsin.