Residents of a small community near Flagstaff, Ariz., began clearing debris Thursday from a series of tornadoes that derailed a train, tore roofs off houses, shattered windows and left semi-trucks strewn across a highway.
"This will likely rank as one of the greatest tornado outbreaks in Arizona," said Brian Klimowski, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Flagstaff. "This was a very significant event."
Though tornadoes are not unusual in northern Arizona — about two to five are reported each year — they are not usually as strong as the ones that struck Wednesday, Klimowski said.
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