In Photos: Tornadoes touch down near Elizabeth and Bennett

By Hart Van Denburg
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Tornado Damage In Bennet
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“Looters will B. Shot 2 Death” reads a spray painted sign May 19, 2025, on a piece of siding where a tornado touched down outside Bennett, Colorado, the previous day.

Tornado Damage In Bennett
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A heavily damaged home on May 19, near Bennet, is surrounded by uprooted trees after a tornado touched down there the previous day.
downspout in the distance
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Man with white beard and read plaid shirt sits on porch of destroyed machine shop.
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Golden colored trophies dumped in a bin on a table amongst debris. A wrecked house sits in the background.
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Tornado Damage In Bennet
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A tornado that touched down outside Bennett, Colorado, on May 18, 2025, inflicted a lot of damaged on the Pioneer Solar installation at Hardback Road and Colfax Avenue. Metal sheeting from nearby farm structures were embedded in sections of the panel.
Tornado Damage In Bennet
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A tornado that touched down outside Bennett, Colorado, on May 18, 2025, inflicted a lot of damaged on the Pioneer Solar installation at Hardback Road and Colfax Avenue. Metal sheeting from nearby farm structures were embedded in sections of the panel.
Read: Tornadoes destroy homes in Bennett and Elizabeth area
Tornado Damage In Bennet
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Overturned vehicles and buildings on May 19, near Bennet after a tornado touched down there the previous day.
Tornado Damage In Elizabeth
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Homeowners begin the job of cleaning up in the Elkhorn Ranch neighborhood north of Elizabeth on Monday, May 19, 2025, after a tornado touched down there the previous day. Numerous homes in the neighborhood were heavily damaged. No deaths or injuries were reported.
Tornado Damage In Elizabeth
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A home in the Elkhorn Ranch neighborhood north of Elizabeth on Monday, May 19, 2025, still stands but its windows, roof and some siding took a beating from one tornado that touched down there the previous day. Numerous homes in the neighborhood were heavily damaged.
Tornado Damage In Elizabeth
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Homeowners begin the job of cleaning up in the Elkhorn Ranch neighborhood north of Elizabeth on Monday, May 19, 2025, after a tornado touched down there the previous day. Numerous homes in the neighborhood were heavily damaged. No deaths or injuries were reported.
Tornado Damage In Elizabeth
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Pink insulation snagged in a fence near a home in the Elkhorn Ranch neighborhood north of Elizabeth on Monday, May 19, 2025, after a tornado touched down there the previous day. Numerous homes in the neighborhood were heavily damaged. No deaths or injuries were reported.
Tornado Damage In Elizabeth
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Homeowners begin the job of cleaning up in the Elkhorn Ranch neighborhood north of Elizabeth on Monday, May 19, 2025, after a tornado touched down there the previous day. Numerous homes in the neighborhood were heavily damaged. No deaths or injuries were reported.
Tornado Damage In Elizabeth
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A somewhat tattered American flag still flies near the debris of a ruined structure in the Elkhorn Ranch neighborhood north of Elizabeth on Monday, May 19, 2025, after a tornado touched down there the previous day. Numerous homes in the neighborhood were heavily damaged. No deaths or injuries were reported.
Tornado Damage Eastern Plains Bennet Ellizabeth
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A car heads west on a wet County Road 194 near Elizabeth. By midday Monday, May 19, another round of storms, with rain, thunder and lightning were moving through the Elizabeth,, area near where residents had only just begun cleaning up the damage to their homes from a tornado the previous day.

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