Watch: Monster Tornado Tears Through Iowa as Violent Weather Causes Mass Destruction By Jack Davis
April 27, 2024 at 8:47am
An onslaught of tornadoes left devastation in their wake as storms slammed Nebraska and Iowa Friday night.
The Pottawattamie County town of Minden, Iowa, suffered extensive damage, with about half the town — between 40 and 50 homes — destroyed, the Sheriff’s Office said, according to KETV-TV.
Four people in the town were injured. No deaths were reported.
The tornado hit the town at about 6 p.m. Friday, downing trees and power lines. Gas lines were also ruptured in the town, which as of Saturday morning had no power. The town has since been blocked off to anyone except residents and emergency crews.
The storm damaged about 120 Pottawattamie County buildings.
“Unfortunately, it was on the ground for a long time and hit several small towns on its path,” storm chaser Brett Adair said, according to Fox Weather.
“So, once we get into some of these more open areas where you’ve got more of the farms and the fields, in many cases, we can get lucky and not deal with so much damage. But unfortunately, this thing tracked for such a long way, we’ve seen quite a bit of damage today,” he said.
The National Weather Service said at least 10 tornadoes hit central Iowa on Friday, according to the Des Moines Register.
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Poster Comment:
The town I live in has a lot of old trees.