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Brookings officials are asking residents to stay off the streets
BROOKINGS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Brookings officials are asking residents to stay off the streets while they work to clean up the area. Crews were pulled last night due to lightning and will resume worki...
May 13, 2022 City of Brookings
Confirmed: One death in Sioux Falls from wind storm
The City of Sioux Falls reports there was one death related to Thursday's wind storm. Details are pending notification of the family. Officials say they may be able to release more information at 10 a...
May 13, 2022 Severe weather graphic.
SDDOT: I-90 CLOSED between Humboldt and Salem exits due to overturned trucks blocking roadway
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The South Dakota Department of Transportation has closed both eastbound and westbound traffic on I-90 between Humboldt and Salem shortly after 8 p.m. Thursday evening. ...
May 12, 2022
Reminder: Intersections with traffic light outages become 4-way stops
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Several thousand power outages have been reported in Sioux Falls since a heavy line of storms passed through this evening. As crews work to restore power in several par...
May 12, 2022 TireZoo / CC
The big wind: Like something out of the 'Dirty Thirties'
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Photos of the straight-line winds as they blew through the Sioux Falls area looked like 1930s South Dakota, not 2020s South Dakota. The winds were full of dirt, despite...
May 12, 2022 Is it 1932 or 2022? A dirt-filled straight-line wind enters Sioux Falls near the Tea Ellis Road. Photo by Koleen O'Malley.
Sioux Falls Police Department asks public to STAY HOME as emergency crews assess storm damage
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) --As storms exit the region tonight, emergency management crews continue to assess the damage across Sioux Falls and the surrounding areas. With that, the Sioux Falls Poli...
May 12, 2022 Sioux Falls Police patch and badge.
Photo Gallery: See wind storm photo gallery at bottom of page
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- We are collecting storm photos at a photo gallery at the bottom of the page. If you have a photo you want to share, please send it, along with your name and the locatio...
May 12, 2022 Pole barn damaged in Moody County, 5/12/22. KELO.com News photo by Julia Kaye.
Two semi trucks blocking interstate
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- High wind caused 2 semi trucks to topple. I-90 East at the Buffalo Ridge/ Hartford exit is closed.
May 12, 2022 Tipped over semi, 11/11/21. Photo from the SDHP.
Weather forecasters warn of high risk for extreme weather outbreak in region
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- AccuWeather forecasters say that the risk of severe weather will ramp up across the North Central states on Thursday afternoon and evening with areas from the Dakotas t...
May 12, 2022 AccuWeather.com map, 5/12/22.
The 19th annual SculptureWalk debuts this weekend
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The SculptureWalk begins this weekend, with a record number of sculptures. Artists new to SculptureWalk will also have their work on display. -----Below you will...
May 12, 2022
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