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GREELEY, Colo., May 23 (UPI) -- Federal disaster officials were in Colorado Friday to assess damage caused by a tornado that killed one as it ripped through Weld County.
Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter declared a state of emergency, allowing the affected area to receive state funds. Federal Emergency Management Agency representatives were in the area Thursday in preparation for their damage assessment task.
"We will be doing all we can to assist the people of Weld County as we assess the damage and determine how the state can provide the most effective aid," Ritter said in a statement.
Storms produced three tornadoes in Weld County but the damage was attributed to one that traveled 35 miles through the county, The Tribune newspaper in Greeley, Colo., reported. Officials said the twister caused millions of dollars in damage to structures, overturned vehicles and knocked out power as it churned from the Platteville-Gilcrest area on a path to Windsor.
The death was a male camper at a trailer park near Greeley, the Weld County coroner said.
Greeley police Sgt. Joe Tymkowych told The Denver Post the tornado "just sat on the ground, and it kept going and going."
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