PHOTOS: Twin tornadoes rip through Pilger, Nebraska

Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Strong tornadoes did heavy damage to the town of Pilger, NE.
Strong tornadoes did heavy damage to the town of Pilger, NE.
Strong tornadoes did heavy damage to the town of Pilger, NE.
Strong tornadoes did heavy damage to the town of Pilger, NE.
A tornado forms over a house near Pilger, Neb., Monday, June 16, 2014.  (AP Photo/Mark 'Storm' Farnik)
Strong tornadoes did heavy damage to the town of Pilger, NE.
Strong tornadoes did heavy damage to the town of Pilger, NE.
Strong tornadoes did heavy damage to the town of Pilger, NE.
Strong tornadoes did heavy damage to the town of Pilger, NE.
Strong tornadoes did heavy damage to the town of Pilger, NE.
A woman walks down Black Hills Trail road in Pilger, Neb., Monday, June 16, 2014.  (AP Photo/Mark 'Storm' Farnik)
A man holds a girl after she was pulled from the basement of her destroyed home in Pilger, Neb., Monday, June 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Mark 'Storm' Farnik)
A man holds a girl after she was pulled from the basement of her destroyed home in Pilger, Neb., Monday, June 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Mark 'Storm' Farnik)
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PHOTOS: Twin tornadoes rip through Pilger, NebraskaStrong tornadoes did heavy damage to the town of Pilger, NE.
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A storm packing rare dual tornadoes tore through a tiny farming town in northeast Nebraska, killing two people, crumpling grain bins like discarded soda cans and flattening dozens of homes.

Pilger's 350 residents evacuated their homes after the powerful twisters slammed the area Monday afternoon. Nebraska State Patrol closed all roads into town.

"More than half of the town is gone - absolutely gone," Stanton County Commissioner Jerry Weatherholt said. "The co-op is gone, the grain bins are gone, and it looks like almost every house in town has some damage. It's a complete mess."

See photos from the scene.