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Officials say they’ve had zero fatalities and no serious injuries reported. “Just looking at the twisted metal and rooftops of some of the industrial buildings along the highway, it’s hard to describe the level of damage,” Winnebago County Executive Gordon Hintz told the Wisconsin Examiner. “We’ve had tornadoes in Wisconsin before, but in an urbanized area, the level of destruction is just incredible and we’re going to need time and patience and hopefully with everybody’s support we can get people back on their feet.” Wanda Tracy, a spokesperson for Winnebago County, said Tuesday afternoon that responders were still in “discovery mode” to assess the damage of the storm. At a Tuesday evening media briefing, Menasha Police Department spokesperson Matthew Roe said that 68 people were transported to area hospitals Monday with tornado-related injuries, referring to them as “walking wounded.” He added that crews have conducted two searches of the area to try to find people who might be trapped in their homes and assess the damage to roads and powerlines. Down the street at the former UW-Oshkosh Fox Cities campus, Carolyn Desrosiers, CEO of Volunteer Fox Cities, was leading the effort to coordinate the more than 1,000 volunteers who came to help.
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