Multiple deaths confirmed from a tornado in Iowa, state patrol says

Tornado-spawning storms leave multiple people dead in Iowa and now threaten cities from Texas to Vermont - Boston News, Weather, Sports

(CNN) — Search and rescue efforts are still ongoing in an Iowa community devastated by a brutal tornado Tuesday afternoon and there’s another widespread threat for storms to the east. Multiple fatalities and some injuries have been reported in the small city of Greenfield, Iowa – about 50 miles southwest of Des Moines – after an at least EF3 tornado carved a devastating path through the community, Iowa State Patrol spokesperson Sgt. Alex Dinkla …

Multiple people dead after intense Iowa tornadoes leave widespread damage

Residents began to survey the widespread destruction in Greenfield, Iowa, on Wednesday morning.

Devastating images show tiny town in Iowa wrecked by deadly tornado

Severe thunderstorms, spawning tornadoes, raked Iowa on Tuesday afternoon (21 May), leaving parts of one town in shambles, toppling several wind turbines and killing at least one person. Video of the storm’s aftermath showed homes reduced to piles of rubble in Greenfield, a town of about 2,000 roughly 60 miles southwest of Des Moines in Adair County. Iowa governor Kim Reynolds declared a “disaster emergency” for 15 counties, including Adair, all…

Monster Tornado Rips Through Iowa Leaving Death & Destruction in its Wake

Footage shows multiple wind turbines ripped to shreds. A massive tornado devastated the town of Greenfield, Iowa, on Tuesday, leaving at least two people dead. “At least two fatalities and several injuries in the Greenfield area have been reported after nearly two dozen tornadoes across the state,” reported Fox Weather. Remarkable footage captured one monster tornado south of Greenfield before it ripped through the town. Check out this whip-like…

Tornado kills multiple people in Iowa as powerful storms again tear through Midwest

GREENFIELD, Iowa — Multiple people were killed when a tornado tore through a small town in Iowa and left a wide swath of obliterated homes and crumpled cars, while the howling winds also twisted and toppled wind turbines.