DEADLY WEATHER

Meteorologist, 30, is one of four killed after hurricane-force winds hit Minnesota with haboob dust storm seen in video

FOUR people, including a meteorologist, are dead after hurricane-force winds ripped through US states in the midwest.

A violent mix of windstorms battered through the Upper Midwest on Thursday evening, unleashing destructive gusts over 100mph while stirring up a daunting haboob dust storm.

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A rare haboob dust storm was captured on video barreling through South Dakota and Minnesota on ThursdayCredit: Reuters
that typically develops in the desert.

The rare phenomenon was captured on video, swallowing communities across and in dust, with winds reaching 75-mile-per-hour.

In Hutchinson County, SD, extreme wind gusts clocked in at a staggering 107mph.

On Friday, the Minnehaha County Sherriff's Office confirmed the death of a 61-year-old woman.

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The death was reported just south of Colton after a chunk of wood went through the window of a car being driven by a husband and wife - who were on their way home to Wentworth - Sheriff MikeSheriff Mike Milstead said.

The 61-year-old woman died from her injuries on Friday morning, police said.

The National Weather Service received more than 200 reports of damaging winds from to on Thursday evening.

Reports of more severe winds were called in from parts of eastern and southwest Minnesota.

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The strong winds left about 70,000 people without power, the NWS reported.

METEOROLOGIST KILLED IN STORM

Severe storms in Minnesota on Wednesday caused the death of two residents, including a storm chaser who was out on the job.

Martha Llanos Rodriguez, 30, of , died when a semitrailer rear-ended a car she was riding in on Interstate 90 after Rodriguez’s vehicle stopped short to avoid downed power lines, authorities said.

Officials said Rodriguez and three other weather experts had been chasing a severe storm system that brought damaging winds, flooding, hail and reports of possible tornadoes to the southwestern part of the state.

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