Tornado rips through massive Wyoming coal mining site, injures 8 people

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

an hour ago

CAMPBELL COUNTY, Wyo. (AP) — A tornado that ripped through the country’s largest coal mining site in northeast Wyoming left eight people injured and halted operations as first responders searched the massive open-pit site for employees and continued to assess the damage, officials said Saturday.

The tornado hit the North Antelope Rochelle Mine in Campbell County around 6 p.m. Friday during a shift change, initially complicating search and rescue efforts. But Peabody Energy, the operator of the mine with headquarters in St. Louis and South Brisbane, Australia, confirmed before midnight that all employees had been accounted for.

Six employees were still being treated in hospitals as of 11 p.m. Friday, the company said. No deaths were reported.

Melissa Smith, a meteorologist and hydrologist with the National Weather Service in Rapid City, South Dakota, said a storm system scattered tornadoes throughout Campbell, Natrona and Johnson counties.


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[RandySF]

1. It's been a bad year for twisters.

[applegrove]

2. Vibes to you all.

[mwb970]

3. Does God not like fossil fuels?

[2naSalit]

5. Peabody no less...

That being said, it was a nastily large system that reached all the way across the state and into Idaho quite a ways. Dumped a bunch of rain over here in the mountains. We're under flood warnings until tomorrow I guess.

[chowder66]

4. I hope those in the hospital pull through okay.