Tornado Derails 43 BNSF Train Cars in North Dakota
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STEELE, N.D. — Tornadic winds knocked nearly four dozen train cars off a track in North Dakota, part of a storm system that spurred reports of five tornadoes across the Dakotas.
BNSF Railway spokesperson Kendall Sloan said a train was stopped due to a tornado warning on the night of Aug. 28 near the town of Steele, N.D., when high winds caused 43 empty coal cars to derail.
No one was hurt, and no hazardous materials were in the cars, Sloan said in an email. BNSF cleanup crews were at the site Aug. 29.
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Work crews on Aug. 29 look over a railroad car that was knocked over. (Rebecca Neustel via Associated Press)
The National Weather Service in Bismarck, N.D., confirmed Aug. 29 that a tornado touched down near Steele around 8 p.m. on Aug. 28. The agency said another tornado touched down at 5:40 p.m. southwest of Selfridge, N.D., on the Standing Rock Tribal Nation.
The weather service said three potential tornadoes also were reported in north-central South Dakota on Aug. 28. No injuries were reported. Survey crews were still working to confirm in damage in South Dakota was from tornadoes.
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