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Tedd and Judy Baumgardt stand in their living room where their front window was blown after a likely tornado passed through Monday night in Clarks Grove, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Weather experts say a likely tornado touched down northwest of the Twin Cities, taking down trees and power lines and damaging buildings. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)
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A man walks by a damaged fertilizer plant after a likely tornado passed through Monday night in Clarks Grove, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Weather experts say a likely tornado touched down northwest of the Twin Cities, taking down trees and power lines an d damaging buildings. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)
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Skye Miller stands on the porch outside his apartment surrounded by roofing material after a likely tornado passed through Monday night in Clarks Grove, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Weather experts say a likely tornado touched down northwest of the Twin Cities, taking down trees and power lines and damaging buildings. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)
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Tedd Baumgardt walks past a fallen tree after a likely tornado passed through Monday night in Clarks Grove, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Weather experts say a likely tornado touched down northwest of the Twin Cities, taking down trees and power lines and damaging buildings. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)
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Tedd and Judy Baumgardt haul debris to their front curb after their garage and front window was blown in and many of their possessions destroyed after a likely tornado passed through Monday night in Clarks Grove, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Weather experts say a likely tornado touched down northwest of the Twin Cities, taking down trees and power lines and damaging buildings. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)
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Residents look at their destroyed shed and a sheet of plywood was lodged in a tree after a likely tornado passed through Monday night in Clarks Grove, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Weather experts say a likely tornado touched down northwest of the Twin Cities, taking down trees and power lines and damaging buildings. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)
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A National Guard helicopter flies past a silo while picking up water from a farm pond near Hutchinson, Kan., Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Emergency crews on Tuesday struggled to contain deadly wildfires that have scorched hundreds of square miles of land in four states and forced thousands of people to flee their homes ahead of the wind-whipped flames. The fires were burning in parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado, and warnings that fire conditions were ripe were issued for Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
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A National Guard helicopter picks up water from a farm pond near Hutchinson, Kan., Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Emergency crews on Tuesday struggled to contain deadly wildfires that have scorched hundreds of square miles of land in four states and forced thousands of people to flee their homes ahead of the wind-whipped flames. The fires were burning in parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado, and warnings that fire conditions were ripe were issued for Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
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A National Guard helicopter picks up water from a farm pond near Hutchinson, Kan., Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Emergency crews on Tuesday struggled to contain deadly wildfires that have scorched hundreds of square miles of land in four states and forced thousands of people to flee their homes ahead of the wind-whipped flames. The fires were burning in parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado, and warnings that fire conditions were ripe were issued for Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
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A National Guard helicopter flies past a silo while picking up water from a farm pond near Hutchinson, Kan., Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Emergency crews on Tuesday struggled to contain deadly wildfires that have scorched hundreds of square miles of land in four states and forced thousands of people to flee their homes ahead of the wind-whipped flames. The fires were burning in parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado, and warnings that fire conditions were ripe were issued for Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
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A National Guard helicopter carries water to a wildfire near Hutchinson, Kan., Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Emergency crews on Tuesday struggled to contain deadly wildfires that have scorched hundreds of square miles of land in four states and forced thousands of people to flee their homes ahead of the wind-whipped flames. The fires were burning in parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado, and warnings that fire conditions were ripe were issued for Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
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A National Guard helicopter flies to pick up water from a farm pond near Hutchinson, Kan., Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Emergency crews on Tuesday struggled to contain deadly wildfires that have scorched hundreds of square miles of land in four states and forced thousands of people to flee their homes ahead of the wind-whipped flames. The fires were burning in parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado, and warnings that fire conditions were ripe were issued for Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
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No Parking signs are displayed in downtown Bismarck, N.D., Tuesday, March 7, 2017. North Dakota is the only state that bans parking meters, but now Gov. Doug Burgum is quietly trying to end the nearly 70-year ban in hopes of revitalizing downtowns. By reintroducing meters, Burgum and his allies in the Legislature hope to encourage more parking turnover, leading to more retail sales for businesses and more tax revenue for communities and the state. (AP Photo/James MacPherson)
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FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2017, file photo, Gov. Doug Burgum opens North Dakota's 65th legislative assembly in Bismarck. Burgum is quietly trying to end the nearly 70-year state ban on parking meters in hopes of revitalizing downtowns. By reintroducing meters, Burgum and his allies in the Legislature hope to encourage more parking turnover, leading to more retail sales for businesses and more tax revenue for communities and the state. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2017 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks to employees of the EPA in Washington. The Trump administration is moving to roll back federal fuel-economy requirements that would have forced automakers to significantly increase the efficiency of new cars and trucks. The requirements were a key part of former President Barack Obama’s strategy to combat global warming. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Flames and smoke envelope a grain elevator in Sitka, Kan., early Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Grass fires fanned by gusting winds scorched swaths of Kansas grassland Monday, forcing the evacuations of several towns and the closure of some roads. (Bo Rader/The Wichita Eagle via AP)
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A downed power pole from a storm Monday evening is scattered on the ground, Tuesday, March 7, 2017, in Orrock Township near Zimmerman, Minn. Weather experts say a likely tornado touched down northwest of the Twin Cities, taking down trees and power lines and damaging buildings. (David Joles /Star Tribune via AP)
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Damage from Monday's storm is shown to the side of a house near Ann Lake where a boat trailer had been tossed against it on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, in Orrock Township near Zimmerman, Minn. Weather experts say a likely tornado touched down northwest of the Twin Cities, taking down trees and power lines and damaging buildings. (David Joles /Star Tribune via AP)
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A family removes a tree from atop their cars after severe weather passed the area on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, in Orrock Township, Minn. Weather experts say a likely tornado touched down northwest of the Twin Cities, taking down trees and power lines and damaging buildings. (David Joles /Star Tribune via AP)
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A side of a house is destroyed from a storm Monday evening is shown in Orrock Township near Zimmerman, Minn., on Tuesday, March 7, 2017,. Weather experts say a likely tornado touched down northwest of the Twin Cities, taking down trees and power lines and damaging buildings. (David Joles /Star Tribune via AP)
