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Published June 18, 2010, 12:00 AM

NEW GALLERY: Wadena, Minn., tornado aftermath aerials (June 18, 2010)

Aerial photos from the Wadena Pioneer Journal of the destruction left in the wake of a June 17, 2010, tornado. The Pioneer Journal and the Herald are Forum Communications Co. newspapers.


Photo by Brian Hansel



Homes on 8th Street Southwest and 7th Street Southwest where they intersected with Kingsley Avenue took the brunt of the tornado at Wadena, Minn.

  • Photo by Brian Hansel<br /><br /><br /><br />Homes on 8th Street Southwest and 7th Street Southwest where they intersected with Kingsley Avenue took the brunt of the tornado at Wadena, Minn.
  • Photo by Brian Hansel<br /><br /><br /><br />The Wadena-Deer Creek High School was directly in the storm’s path.
  • Photo by Brian Hansel<br /><br /><br /><br />Tall, graceful trees in the Wadena Cemetery were uprooted or snapped off by the twister. The cemetery was filled with debris and many headstones were knocked down.
  • The June 17, 2010 tornado that hit Wadena, Minn., left a solid path of destruction. (Photo by Brian Hansel)
  • Photo by Brian Hansel<br /><br /><br /><br />The Wadena Area Community Center was completely destroyed.