An official said,nine people were injured, one critically, when a tornado tore through a trailer park in a northwestern North Dakota county that is part of the state’s oil boom. Jerry Samuelson, director of emergency management for McKenzie County said, the tornado on Monday night smashed 15 recreational vehicles that housed mainly workers who traveled to North Dakota from other states. Michael Mathews, a meteorologist in Bismarck, North Dakota said,a National Weather Service team was surveying the damage on Tuesday to determine the size and intensity of the confirmed tornado.

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