Strong Winds Sweeping Through The Dakotas

Strong winds are causing problems for motorists, electrical crews and even buildings in the Dakotas.

 

 

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Strong winds are causing problems for motorists, electrical crews and even buildings in the Dakotas.

The National Weather Service has posted high wind advisories and warnings for a second day, with gusts of more than 60 mph in some areas.

Scattered power outages have occurred.  A building under construction in the North Dakota town of New England collapsed. Tumbleweeds in Dickinson piled as high as some buildings. Hess Corp. shut down some oil rig activity in the region.

In South Dakota, wind gusts snapped the top of a 40-foot electrical pole in Fort Pierre.  Winds flipped a camper at Fort Randall Dam. Aberdeen trucker Don Neifer says he decided to get off the road Wednesday afternoon.

(KFGO News file photo)

 

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