The series of thunderstorms that produced multiple tornadoes Friday night covers more than 400 miles from Montana to Minnesota. At Page, North Dakota, David Thompson describes the storm as ‘game changer’ for farmers throughout the region. “Just talking to neighbors, there must be 60 irrigators that are overturned; there’s bin damage with multi-millions of bushels lost for fall storage and bin sites completely wiped out.” Debris is scattered throughout farm fields, which will be felt throughout this growing season. “There’s tin out in fields; there’s bin sites out in fields; I think guys will be finding a lot of stuff that they’ll be pulling out of their headers this fall and for years to come.” Thompson said some crops were wiped out entirely. “We’re at such an odd point in our growing season, maybe we’ll have some stuff come back, but it is really tough to say.” Listen to the full interview.
