PORTAGE - The Columbia County emergency management director puts at $550,000 the estimate of the damage caused by the tornado which touched down Friday south of Wyocena.

But Pat Beghin says that may increase as officials continue their review of what took place.

The tornado move along a path several miles long and 50 to 75 yards wide. It caused severe damage at a few locations, ripping apart barns, shattering windows and obliterating an RV trailer. But no one was injured.

Beghin says it was lucky that the tornado took a pretty rural path rather than going through the village of Wyocena itself.

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