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BLUFF, San Juan County — Significant structural damage has been reported after a tornado touched down near the Colorado-Utah border on Saturday.

Three homes are labeled "damaged completely" by the twister in the McCracken Mesa and Cahone Mesa areas near the town of Montezuma Creek, according to the Navajo Police Department. Montezuma Creek is located 15 miles east of Bluff.

Police said that despite the damage, no people were injured, and no hazardous material spills occurred, but an unknown number of livestock and household pets are missing. Five dogs were originally reported as killed, according to San Juan County administrator Mack McDonald, but police later said they could not confirm that information.

The families who lost homes due to the tornado a

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