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Twin Tornadoes, EF-4s, Oh My!: The Week in Severe Weather

The town of Pilger, Neb. was devastated earlier this week by powerful twin tornadoes, and that's only part of the storm destruction this week in the U.S.

By Tim Sprinkle | Updated on June 20, 2014
The National Weather Service said at least two twisters touched down within roughly a mile of each other Monday in northeast Nebraska. (AP Photo/Eric Anderson)

The town of Pilger, Neb. was devastated earlier this week when rare, powerful “twin tornadoes” touched down simultaneously, destroying more than half the town and killing two people. According to reports, approximately 75% of the structures in the town of 350 were leveled by the tornadoes. The storms were part of a wider outbreak in northeast Nebraska this week that spawned a total of four EF-4 tornado touchdowns, critically injuring 20.

According to Aon Benfield and the Storm Prediction Center, there were roughly 1,250 local storm reports this week in the U.S., including 98 reports of tornadoes, 791 reports of high winds and 341 reports of hail.

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