<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tornadoes destroyed several homes in southeastern Utah over the weekend, but authorities said there were no reports of people injured.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A storm produced two tornadoes in San Juan County in southeastern Utah over the span of an hour starting around 12:35 pm Saturday (4.30am Sunday AEST) according to meteorologist Kris Sanders with the National Weather Service’s office in Grand Junction, Colorado.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The paths of the tornadoes that touched down near Montezuma Creek likely covered less than 10 miles (16 kilometres), but the weather service hadn’t yet determined their exact tracks or wind speeds, Sanders said by telephone. </span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/charlie-kirk-shooter-tyler-robinson-left-note-authorities-say/d2c96a43-37bc-49ca-a9fd-c2d957a269e4" target="_blank"><strong><span>'Note' left by Charlie Kirk shooting suspect under investigation</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A survey may be conducted Monday, he said Sunday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Three homes in the area were demolished in the storm, Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren said in a social media post. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 27,000-square-mile (70,000-square-kilometre) reservation stretches into Arizona, New Mexico and Utah and is the largest of any Native American tribe.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/tornadoes-destroy-several-homes-in-southeastern-utah/c5a05e24-63cf-49fc-895f-d52649165084" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>No injuries were reported, but an unknown number of livestock and pets were reported missing, the Navajo Police Department said in a social media post.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/side-hustle-success-story-candy-claws-founders-made-20-million/50ed5853-0318-4358-9d86-9eb116821ebb" target="_blank"><strong><span>These siblings started a business with a few hundred bucks. It's made $20 million</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Images posted by the department showed the towering column of a tornado surrounded by dark clouds and also a flattened home surrounded by debris.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tornadoes are pretty unusual in that part of Utah, Sanders said, noting that the weather service had only confirmed two there since 1950.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the </span></em></strong><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span> and </span></em></strong><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&hl=en_AU&pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>
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