A tornado struck northeastern Wisconsin on Monday, blackening the midday sky and sending workers sheltering in office basements as ferocious winds splintered homes, scattered twisted metal across a highway, and knocked out power to more than 30,000 people. The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado in Winnebago County, about 90 miles northwest of Milwaukee. Damage was reported in cities including Appleton and Menasha, where Police Chief Matt Albrecht said some homes and businesses were severely impacted," the AP reports. The tornado ripped roofs off homes and flipped vehicles in Menasha, blocks from the shores of Lake Winnebago. Video showed a trail of destruction, with some homes reduced to their outer walls.
Greg Van Driest was working in downtown Appleton when the sky turned as dark as night. "The word we all were using was 'ominous,'" he said. Gordon Hintz, Winnebago County's top elected official, said that he wasn't aware of any fatalities or injuries, but that emergency officials were still searching. "Obviously, the footage looks devastating," Hintz said. All storm warnings that could be made ahead of time to get people to safety were activated, he said. In Menasha, about 30 miles south of Green Bay's Lambeau Field, the electric utility said the entire city of about 18,000 people was believed to be without power. "At this point, we are unaware, unsure of how bad the damage is because many roads in those same areas are impassable," Albrecht said. First responders were working to get into the affected area to "look for injuries, look for victims," he said.
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