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High Winds Cause A Building To Collapse In Racine

High winds took their toll on a building in Racine.

RACINE, WI — High winds caused the collapse of a small building in Racine Wednesday just before noon.

Racine police say that they were called to the 2000 block of Douglas Avenue at 10:43 a.m.

The collapsed building was identified as R&M Automotive. No injuries were reported, however, several cars were hit by the falling building. A photo of the collapsed building can be viewed at the Racine Uncovered website.

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The City of Racine Building Department has been alerted.

March 8 Hourly Forecast for Milwaukee

Windy until this evening and light snow tomorrow morning.

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1pm - Windy, 43°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 25 mph from the W.


2pm - Windy, 44°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 28 mph from the W.


3pm - Windy, 43°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 28 mph from the W.


4pm - Windy, 41°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 27 mph from the W.


5pm - Breezy, 39°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 25 mph from the W.


6pm - Breezy, 38°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 23 mph from the W.


7pm - Clear, 36°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 21 mph from the W.


8pm - Clear, 35°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 20 mph from the W.


9pm - Clear, 34°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 18 mph from the W.


10pm - Clear, 33°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 16 mph from the W.


11pm - Partly Cloudy, 32°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 14 mph from the WNW.


12am - Partly Cloudy, 31°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 13 mph from the WNW.


1am - Partly Cloudy, 30°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 11 mph from the WNW.


2am - Mostly Cloudy, 30°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 9 mph from the WNW.


3am - Mostly Cloudy, 30°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 8 mph from the WNW.


4am - Overcast, 30°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 7 mph from the WNW.


5am - Mostly Cloudy, 29°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 6 mph from the WNW.


6am - Mostly Cloudy, 29°

Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 5 mph from the WNW.


7am - Overcast, 29°

Chance of snow: 3%. Wind 4 mph from the NW.


8am - Light Snow, 30°

Chance of snow: 14%. Wind 4 mph from the NW.


9am - Light Snow, 31°

Chance of snow: 24%. Wind 4 mph from the NW.


10am - Light Snow, 32°

Chance of snow: 20%. Wind 3 mph from the NNW.


11am - Overcast, 35°

Chance of rain: 9%. Wind 3 mph from the NNW.


12pm - Overcast, 38°

Chance of rain: 1%. Wind 4 mph from the N.


Data provided by darksky.net.

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