{"id":37564,"date":"2016-05-08T07:22:06","date_gmt":"2016-05-08T11:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=37564"},"modified":"2016-05-08T07:25:40","modified_gmt":"2016-05-08T11:25:40","slug":"37564","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=37564","title":{"rendered":"Tornadoes hit Colorado, causing injuries and damaging campers (VIDEOS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><div id=\"attachment_37565\" style=\"width: 685px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/572eeed4c4618873108b45a8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37565\" class=\"wp-image-37565\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/572eeed4c4618873108b45a8.jpg\" alt=\"@stormchasrbryce \/ Instagram\" width=\"675\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/572eeed4c4618873108b45a8.jpg 900w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/572eeed4c4618873108b45a8-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/572eeed4c4618873108b45a8-768x427.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">@stormchasrbryce \/ Instagram<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__text text \">\n<p>Fierce tornadoes have struck eastern Colorado, causing injuries and damaging motorhomes, as well as other buildings in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Four twisters hit in Yuma Country, some 150 kilometers from Denver, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bjb7QtMEBUg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Five people suffered minor injuries in one of the tornadoes, NWS Science and Operations officer Jeremy Martin told AP.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5mjxl9F-p6Y\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The twister travelled for about 15 kilometers on the ground, storm chasers said.<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate info on injury or damage from the other three confirmed tornadoes in the area.<\/p>\n<p>However, earlier, a tornado in Plains, Morgan County, some 100 kilometers northeast of Denver, damaged a dozen fifth-wheel campers, causing injuries. Also, there was hail the size of golf balls and tennis balls reported.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/twitter.com\/_TorinadOShea_\/status\/729132216442224640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p>\n<p>Morgan County Sheriff said that most of the damaged campers were unoccupied, and everyone refused medical care.<\/p>\n<p>Tornadoes are most common in spring, and the US has the most tornadoes of any country. The average count is some 1,200 tornadoes a year.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/342251-tornadoes-colorado-injuries-damage\/<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}