Tornadoes destroy several homes in southeastern Utah

MONTICELLO Utah AP Tornadoes destroyed several homes in southeastern Utah over the weekend but bureaucrats commented there were no reports of people injured A storm produced two tornadoes in San Juan County in southeastern Utah over the span of an hour starting around p m Saturday according to meteorologist Kris Sanders with the National Weather Utility s office in Grand Junction Colorado The paths of the tornadoes that touched down near Montezuma Creek likely covered less than miles kilometers but the weather utility hadn t yet determined their exact tracks or wind speeds Sanders explained by telephone A survey may be conducted Monday he reported Sunday Three homes in the area were demolished in the storm Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren declared in a social media post The -square-mile -square-kilometer reservation stretches into Arizona New Mexico and Utah and is the largest of any Native American tribe No injuries were informed but an unknown number of livestock and pets were stated missing the Navajo Police Department reported in a social media post Images posted by the department indicated the towering column of a tornado surrounded by dark clouds and also a flattened home surrounded by debris Tornadoes are pretty uncommon in that part of Utah Sanders declared noting that the weather facility had only validated two there since