A Caledonia farm and greenhouse hoping to open its doors this weekend is instead facing a long road to recovery after 80 mph straight-line winds leveled parts of the property. The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touched down in Racine County, bringing downburst winds that destroyed a greenhouse and toppled trees, including a massive tree that fell on a house at L and L Farms and Greenhouse.
While the damage is overwhelming, no one was hurt, and community members have turned out in droves to help the family clean up.
"I was like really upset," Hannah said. Her grandfather Lance Malicki runs the farm, greenhouse and is the fifth generation to operate the business.
Lois Malicki, the farm owner's mother, has lived on and near the property for decades and said she has never seen anything like this. She said it is emotional to see so much of the hard work her son put into the business destroyed.
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