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A series of damaging tornadoes impacted the Rochester area in Minnesota and Ringle in Wisconsin on May 8-9, resulting in extensive damage. About 30 residences were affected or destroyed in Marion, MN, while 75 homes were impacted in Ringle. A train derailment in Rock County necessitated rescue efforts, and Janesville Fire Department evacuated residents from inundated properties. The same cold front is advancing eastward, maintaining a heightened risk for severe weather.

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00:00Multiple destructive tornadoes just ripped through the American Midwest.

00:04And rescuers are still pulling people from the rubble.

00:07At least two tornadoes tracked through the greater Rochester, Minnesota area.

00:11Caught live on traffic cameras.

00:14In Marion, Minnesota, approximately 30 homes were damaged or destroyed.

00:19No deaths were reported, but emergency crews say it is a near miracle.

00:24To the east in Wisconsin, a tornado passed through Ringel in Marathon County,

00:29damaging about 75 homes.

00:31Search and rescue teams were dispatched to pull residents trapped in their basements.

00:36In Rock County, Wisconsin, a train conductor had to be rescued after flooding

00:40caused a full train derailment.

00:42Cars carrying grain and corn went off the tracks.

00:46Janesville Fire and Police evacuated 11 more people from flooded properties.

00:51And the storm system is not done.

00:53The same cold front, continuing eastward,

00:56carries elevated severe weather risk through Monday.

00:59This comes after weeks of repeated outbreaks.

01:02And forecasters say May is now the most active stretch

01:06of the entire 2026 severe weather season.

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Tornadoes Devastate Minnesota and Wisconsin — Numerous Homes Lost

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