$35.5M in public damage from Minn. June tornadoes
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A partial estimate of damage from the tornadoes that thrashed much of Minnesota last month is about $35 million.
The figure from the federal government covers public property and the costs to government agencies responding to the violent weather. It doesn't include damage to private property.
A slew of tornadoes touched down around the state June 17. The biggest damage by far came in Wadena, which accounted for $32 million of the $35.5 million estimate from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The disaster declaration includes the counties of Faribault, Freeborn, Olmsted, Otter Tail, Polk, Steele and Wadena counties.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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