Tornadoes strike Colorado, Wyoming

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Tornadoes strike Colorado, Wyoming

Photos of tornadoes that struck in Colorado and Wyoming on May 22, 2008.

David Strathman loads some of his belongings into a pickup after his apartment was hit by a tornado in Windsor, Colo.

Colorado Department of Transportation workers remove debris from a truck that was hit by the roof of a nearby building when a tornado struck Windsor.

In Laramie, Wyo., severe thunderstorms uprooted these trees at Jacoby Golf Course.

Severe thunderstorms in Laramie, Wyo., produced this marble-sized hail as they rolled through the city.

Courtney Guck searches his mother's house in Windsor, Colo., for her missing cat. His mother, Elainie Froemming, was out of town, and he was in the basement when the tornado struck.

This tractor-trailer on Interstate 80 in Laramie, Wyo., was knocked over during high winds Thursday. The National Weather Service said a tornado touched down in Laramie.

These homes in Windsor, Colo., were destroyed by the tornado.

A tornado that touched down in Greeley, Colo., left this sign mangled.

Ann Bruzewski and Jim Shette talk in front of her house in Platteville, Colo., after a tornado moved through the area.

A funnel cloud spins near Gilcrest, Colo., as it heads toward Windsor, which appeared to be hardest hit by Thursday's severe weather. "It passed right over us like a big, white monster," said one Windsor resident.

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David Strathman loads some of his belongings into a pickup after his apartment was hit by a tornado in Windsor, Colo.

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