At exactly 10:00 AM on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, a communications tower on Monument Peak in the Laguna Mountains was blown over during a powerful wind event, captured in real time by a nearby wildfire camera system. The tower, owned by American Tower Corporation (ATC), had been carrying an AT&T. **NOT FOR BROADCAST** Contact Brett Adair with Live Storms Media to license. com Winds in excess of 100mph hit the Rapid City area early Thursday morning, with a 101mph report logged just south of town and 90+mph reports in downtown Rapid City and the regional airport. Atop. The 850-foot WDIO-TV tower was toppled as winds gusted to 40 mph, buffeting the heavily ice-covered tower. Telephone and power lines. This 275-foot guyed tower near Beresford, South Dakota, was no match for the straight-line winds exceeding 90 mph that tore through Lincoln County on Monday night. The multi-carrier structure, which supported antennas for AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, collapsed during the powerful storm, severing. The mitigation objective of this Fact Sheet is to improve the resilience of communications towers, masts and antennas that support vital communications functions at critical facilities so they can continue to operate safely. Our video shows the demolition from three different perspectives. The 296 metre tall red and white.