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Tornadoes tore through southeastern Wisconsin, shredding homes and buildings, as storms left over 400,000 without power across the Midwest.
Several tornadoes reportedly touched down in western and central Wisconsin on May 15 as a storm brought "significant damage" to Dodge County.
Several areas of Wisconsin are assessing damage and cleaning up May 16 after severe storms hit the state the previous day. In Dodge County, some homes and businesses in the Juneau, Horicon and Mayville areas were destroyed as a tornado was spotted shortly before 6 p.m., according to National Weather Service meteorologist Sarah Marquardt.
Here's the latest on the aftermath following the first day of what will be a multiday severe weather outbreak.
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Several social media videos are making the rounds showing kids on a Wisconsin school bus during Thursday's tornado warning.
NETWORK-Wisconsin reporters provided updates throughout the day Thursday, May 15 as thunderstorms moved across central Wisconsin.
A dairy farmer in Wisconsin said his property was destroyed by a tornado Thursday night, leaving one of his cows impaled by a 2x4 board.
T ornadoes, heavy rain, and thunderstorms tore through parts of the Midwestern and Southern United States over the weekend, leaving dozens dead. The weather system, which began on Friday, produced more than two dozen tornadoes that ripped through parts of Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.