Video showing tornado damage in Eagle, Wisconsin at night before authorities had the benefit of daylight to fully assess the damage in Eagle Wisconsin. About 15 miles east-northeast, eight postal delivery trucks were rendered out of service and 10 more were damaged in Muskego.

A representative from Roundy’s was on the scene at about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday to inquire with officials from the Village of Eagle about getting food and supplies to residents and emergency workers. Roundy’s, known for it’s responsiveness to people in need, is the grocer that is opening a Mariano’s in Arlington Heights in July. A representative from Generac Power Systems is also on the scene to offer assistance. Generac’s headquarters is in Waukesha County. A volunteer center has been set up at Village Hall on the east side of the building as a secondary command post. This secondary command post is designated as the access point for outside citizens, including the news media. Press release/briefing at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Village Hall/Municipal Building.

VIDEO report from Sarah Platt FOX11 WLUK-TV NEWS — fox11online.com.

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Eagle Municipal Building and Library at 800 East Main Street.

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Estimated damage area gathered from police and fire reports overnight in aftermath of tornado damage that occurred about 9:20 p.m. Monday.

STATE OF EMERGENCY OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING
As of 1:00 a.m. no access to the village of Eagle was allowed from the outside. Eagle is about one to four miles east of Kettle Morraine State Forest.

The police commander reminded all officers that the Village of Eagle was in a state of emergency and that no people should be walking on the streets of Eagle. People who leave the village — even to get gas for generators or other supplies — are not being allowed back in the village (later they were allowed back in by escort). People claiming to be clergy and insurance agents are attempting to enter from the outside, but are not allowed at this time. Some people gained access through unattended barricades, but those people have been escorted out of the village.

TUESDAY MORNING PRESS CONFERENCE
Confirmed EF2 Tornado touchdown.
Estimated 100 homes with moderate-substantial damage.
Area not declared safe at this point, but live wires believed to be resolved.
Two to three days for full recovery mode (expect power return step by step).
Curfew in effect in Village of Eagle 9PM – 5AM.
Anybody that wants to help a friend or neighbor, come to Village Hall

– SHERIFF DAN TRAWICKI, WAUKESHA COUNTY

As of 7:00 a.m. Tuesday and overnight residents have been allowed back at their residences via police escort, but are being told to stay at their residences. Residents of the 300 block of Sherman Street where homes collapsed are not permitted back at their homes. Some residents along Markham Road have not been permitted back at their homes. No one is allowed to walk on the streets in Eagle. Many streets are barricaded, and police are posted strategically throughout the village to keep people from entering the village until it is determined to be safe and secure. Family members and friends of Eagle residents that live outside the Village of Eagle are attempting to meet residents or bring supplies, but are not being permitted inside the Village of Eagle. Outsiders may request a welfare check of residents inside the village. The police will check a list or respond to the residence of where the welfare check is requested. Police are concerned with the safety hazard of many power lines that are still down, and the security of the residents and possessions of the residents of Eagle. The risk of injury from contact with an energized power line is the main reason the town is still in a state of emergency with strictly limited access. The population of Eagle is about 1,700. From the 2000 census there are reported 605 housing units in Eagle — 592 households, and 468 families residing in the village.

This is only an estimate, but the area might have a more open status about 12 noon Tuesday.

At 10:00 a.m. Tuesday the nearest location to get fuel was Palmyra, Wisconsin.

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In Waukesha County, the Village of Eagle has reported damage from a suspected tornado with winds in excess of 70 mph that were reported just before 9:20 p.m. Monday. Several homes have been damaged and there is a gas leak in town that was shut down by utility workers. Six homes collapsed in the storm and another 12 are reported damaged. As of 1:00 a.m. Tuesday only minor injuries, such as scrapes, cuts and bruises have been reported.

Radar image of storm over Village of Eagle and Waukesha County at 9:18 p.m. CDT (02:18 UTC).

Firefighters were conducting searches on all damaged homes. Police were following up with searches or contact with occupants of all residences. Some damaged homes were reported near Eastwood and Sherman. Damaged homes are also reported near Pleasant Street and Woodfield Drive. The location of the collapsed homes has not been confirmed, but is possibly on Sherman Street.

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Neighborhood streets (Sherman and Hawthorn) where damage was reported.

Eagle Fire Chief Justin Heim reported that his own house was collapsed, but his family was safe. He continued working on emergency operations through the night. Buses and All Terrain Vehicles (ATV’s) were used to get stranded neighbors from their wrecked neighborhoods to safe refuge.

Some roads were totally blocked by debris and trees, some power poles were resting against homes.

Many areas nearby are reporting trees down, roof damage, hail damage and street flooding. Also reports of power outages throughout the region. An estimated 40,000 people are without power within Waukesha and Jefferson Counties. Mitchell International Airport had suspended flights for a period during the evening, but arrivals and departures were back on schedule later in the night.

Residents in southern Wisconsin are dealing with the aftermath of a violent tornado that ripped through their region damaging dozens of homes and injuring one person. Authorities are investigating why the warning siren failed.

As of 1:00 a.m. no access to the village of Eagle was allowed from the outside. Eagle is about four miles east of Kettle Morraine State Forest.

A police squad was hit by a work van near Main and Markham just before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. Juveniles jumped out of the van and fled police. One of the offenders was described as wearing a dark colored T-shirt and dark blue jeans, and the other offender was described as wearing a light colored T-shirt and light blue jeans. No confirmation available, but it is possible that the juveniles were being chased by the owner of the van, which had just been stolen.

Police also had a report of four teens wearing fatigues, and possibly going through houses along Pleasant Street. Police caught up with the four teens, who claimed they were out helping people near Pleasant and Hawthorn. Another group of teens were also stopped in the neighborhood. The police commander reminded all officers that the Village of Eagle was in a state of emergency and that no people should be walking on the streets of Eagle.

As of 7:00 a.m. Tuesday and overnight residents have been allowed back at their residences, but are being told to stay at their residences. No one is allowed to walk on the streets in Eagle.

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Authorities in Minnesota say two people are dead after a series tornadoes raked across the northwest part of the state, killing an elderly woman in her home and a man at a gas station. Three other people were injured.

June 18, 2010 — Northwest Minnesota hardest hit. Two were killed and dozens were injured when a string of tornadoes struck Minnesota. Heather Brown reports.

At least three people were killed and dozens injured as tornadoes hit Minnesota late Thursday.

In northwestern Minnesota, an elderly woman was killed in Almora and a gas station owner was killed in Mentor. In southern Minnesota, one person was killed at a farm west of Albert Lea.

TORNADO REPORTS YESTERDAY AND EARLY MORNING (TIME 24 HR)
2228 WINSTED MCLEOD MN
2230 LESTER PRAIRIE MCLEOD MN DELAYED REPORT. APPROXIMATE TIME. (MPX)
2245 1 SE EAGLE LAKE BLUE EARTH MN CITIZEN FLAGGED LAW ENFORCEMENT..SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE AT 60088 206TH ST.
2256 2 E FISHER POLK MN WELL DEFINED TORNADO SEEN BY SPC METEOROLOGIST. TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTES. (F
2257 5 SE EAST GRAND FORKS POLK MN
2305 BUFFALO WRIGHT MN NORTH SIDE OF BUFFALO. CONFIRMED DEBRIS. TORNADO IS OCCASIONALLY LIFTING. (MPX)
2308 2 E RAKE WINNEBAGO IA RELAYED BY BUFFALO CENTER FIRE DEPT. FROM RAKE FIRE DEPT. (DMX)
2308 4 N FISHER POLK MN SHED DESTROYED. (FGF)
2310 15 W KIESTER FARIBAULT MN WITH DEBRIS (MPX)
2310 15 SW MANKATO BLUE EARTH MN
2311 3 SW WALTERS FARIBAULT MN ON THE GROUND NOW
2312 6 E MAPLE LAKE WRIGHT MN BLOCKED BY TREES
2316 3 SSE MONTICELLO WRIGHT MN BRIEF DEBRIS CLOUD ROUGHLY 3 MILES WEST OF FENNING AVE NE MOTICELLO.
2317 KIESTER FARIBAULT MN JUST SOUTH AND WEST OF 20TH ST AND 505TH AVE. HALF MILE WIDE TORNADO.
2318 3 SW MENTOR POLK MN TORNADO AT CABLE LAKE.
2325 KIESTER FARIBAULT MN
2345 4 ENE BREEZY POINT CROW WING MN SPOTTERS TRACKING A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR PELICAN LAKE.
2345 3 N RADIUM MARSHALL MN TREES SNAPPED OFF.
2348 ALDEN FREEBORN MN EAST OF ALDEN AND 1 MI SOUTH OF ARMSTRONG (MPX)
2355 CONGER FREEBORN MN TIME ESTIMATED HOUSE DAMAGED
2356 6 WNW ALBERT LEA FREEBORN MN
0000 3 S MANKATO BLUE EARTH MN NO LONGER ON GROUND AT 706 DEBRIS FLEW AROUND AT CR 90 AND 16
0018 3 S ALDEN FREEBORN MN
0020 4 S ALBERT LEA FREEBORN MN
0035 2 S ELLENDALE FREEBORN MN
0044 2 NW ELLENDALE STEELE MN RAIN WRAPPED.
0050 2 NNW ELLENDALE STEELE MN FARM DAMAGED LOOKS LIKE 1/4 MILE WIDE
0054 3 W HOLLANDALE FREEBORN MN ALONG HIGHWAY 251.
0115 1 W BLOOMING PRAIRIE STEELE MN
0132 6 W HAYFIELD DODGE MN
0135 5 S CLAREMONT DODGE MN MOVING NORTHEAST
0140 2 N RUSH CITY CHISAGO MN
0155 5 W GRANTSBURG PINE MN TORNADO CROSSED HWY 70, A 1/2 MILE WEST OF THE MN/WI STATE LINE. THREE INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. HWY 70 IS CLOSED DUE TO DEBRIS AND POWERLINES OVER THE ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED
0200 3 W GRANTSBURG BURNETT WI POWERLINES DOWN AND DAMAGE TO A HOME OBSERVED NEAR GRANTBURG ON HIGHWAY 70. LIKELY TORNADO DAMAGE.

BP has burned millions of gallons of oil, good news for the shorelines of states in the Gulf. Mark Strassmann reports for CBS.

What burns up into the sky does NOT make it to shore. Controlled burn of BP oil. Spotters find long streams of oil, shrimp boats with fire-resistant booms gather the oil, and the oil is ignited.

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The search for nearly two dozen people who disappeared after flash floods swept through a popular campground went from desperate to grim on Saturday, after teams that scoured miles of river and rugged wilderness found just two bodies.

At least 17 people were killed Friday after flash floods swept through their Arkansas campsites following a heavy rain. Water rose 20 feet in five hours in the Albert Pike Recreation area.

About 60 campers were rescued by emergency workers, another 24 were hospitalized.

The Little Missouri west of Caddo Gap rose to 23.5 feet after 7.6 inches of rain overnight. The water level had been 3 feet, and after the surge dropped back to 11.5 feet.