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Tens of thousands remained without power in Wisconsin on Thursday after a “rain-wrapped” tornado and storms swept the state.
Outage tracker PowerOutage.US showed more than 86,500 customers were powerless in the state.
The National Weather Service in La Crosse confirmed that a tornado was on the ground, sharing a Twitter photo of the twister.
The office warned residents that the tornado was in Tomah and Juneau County, and moving toward Mauston, on Wednesday afternoon.
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A video the agency retweeted from Mauston showed felled trees and downed power lines.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s office said in a statement that the tornado was reported east of Tomah shortly after 4 p.m. local time.
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“The tornado appears to have traveled northeast from Hwy 131 and County Hwy A for about 15 miles before leaving Monroe County north of Shennigton. The tornado took down multiple trees, powerlines and barns. There is [a] widespread power outage and damage to a number of homes as well. Multiple semis were blown over onto their sides causing I90 to be shut down for more than 3 hours,” the authorities wrote.
No deaths or major injuries were reported from the Wisconsin weather event, and the sheriff asked that residents avoid the area because many roads remain impassable.
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According to FOX Weather, Mauston Mayor Dennis Nielsen announced Wednesday night that he had declared a disaster in the community, that tractor-trailers were reportedly blown over and that structures had been destroyed.
