Tornades destroy several houses in Utah; Livestock and pets reported

Tornades destroyed several houses in southeast Utah over the weekend, but the authorities said there were no reports of people injured.
Three houses in the region were demolished in the storm, said the Navajo police service and the president of the Navajo nation, Buu Nygren, in separate publications on social networks. Although no injury has been reported, the police said that an unknown number of cattle and animals had been missing.
Navajo police department via AP
The police service shared several dramatic images that showed a tornado that formed early Saturday afternoon near Montezuma Creek, which is in the extreme-south-east of Utah near the state border with Colorado.
In these images, the dark column is surrounded by dark clouds and traveling on what seems to be an uninhabited land.
Navajo police department via AP
Another image, shared later, also showed the remains of a house that had been completely destroyed.
Navajo Nation is a reserve of 27,000 square miles covers Arizona, New Mexico and Utah and is the largest in all Native American tribe.
The tornadoes are quite unusual in this part of UTAH, the Weather Service Office in Grand Junction, Colorado, told the Associated Press the National Service Bureau. Sanders said the weather service only confirmed two since 1950.
Two tornadoes developed from a storm in the County of San Juan, in southeast Utah, for an hour from 12:35 p.m. on Saturday, according to Sanders.
The tornado paths that attracted near Montezuma Creek probably covered less than 10 miles, but the meteorological service had not yet determined their exact traces or their wind speeds, said Sanders by phone. An investigation can be carried out on Monday, he said on Sunday.





