Sunday, April 8, 2012

Aurora's Southlands shopping center damaged by tornado - Business First of Columbus:

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A twister reportedly touched down nearbyat 1:49 p.m. Sunday and crossed through the area onan eight- to 10-mile-long path for abougt 30 minutes, the said. . Firefighters founxd moderate damageat Southlands, located at E-470 and Smoky Hill CBS4 News reported. Rooftop heating, venting and air-conditionint units were damaged, windows were broken, a shed was and a car was overturned. Natural-gas leaksz also were noted. Authorities shut down gas servicer to Southlands earlySunday afternoon.
No seriouws injuries were reported onthe shopping-centeer grounds, but a man in a nearby neighborhoosd who was trying to take pictures reportedly was hospitalize d with unspecified serious injuries, according to news reports. A Southland spokeswoman told CBS4 most ofthe center' s stores will be closed Monday to allow for continued damagre assessment. She said customers should call individual store s to verify whether they are closedor Southlands, which opened in is the Denver area's largest shoppingb center by retail space, at 1.7 million square It consists of severa l freestanding buildings connected by pedestrian corridors and streets.
The compledx is owned by Granite Southlands Town Center LLC and managedr by Forest City CommercialManagement Inc. Four other tornadoesz were spotted north and east of Denver Sunday and baseball-sized hail struck some As many as 3,000 customers were without power for a time in parts of Aurorsa and Centennial. .

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