Tornado kills 1, damages hundreds of homes

? A tornado swept through Rogers late Saturday night, killing a 10-year-old girl, damaging hundreds of homes and scattering debris across the city, officials said Sunday.

The girl was at a neighbor’s house with her 19-year-old brother when it collapsed about 10 p.m. Saturday, Police Chief Keith Oldfather said.

“The roof is in the basement,” Oldfather said after an aerial view of the damage Sunday morning. He said 200 to 300 homes were significantly damaged in Rogers, a town 26 miles northwest of Minneapolis.

“It’s more severe than we thought,” he said. “It just came out of nowhere and really did a lot of damage.”

Six other people were injured, and two remained hospitalized Sunday morning.

The National Weather Service determined that the storm was an F2 tornado, with winds of 113 to 157 mph.