Reynolds teared up as she described the hundreds of people who streamed into the area to volunteer their help to clear debris that blocked roads and littered the hardest hit areas. Madison County Emergency Management Director Diogenes Ayala said 52 homes were damaged or destroyed across nearly 14 miles.Īfter touring the storm damage near Winterset, Reynolds described "unimaginable destruction." Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation for Madison County, which allows state resources to be used to assist with response and recovery efforts. Gensini said Saturday's storms likely caused more than $1 billion in damages over their entire track when the severe damage in Iowa is combined with wind damage as far away as Illinois. However, scientifically attributing a storm system to global warming requires specific analysis and computer simulations that take time, haven't been done and sometimes show no clear connection. Scientists have said that extreme weather events and warmer temperatures are more likely to occur with human-caused climate change. And they were certainly present yesterday." They form whenever the ingredients are present. "The storms that produce these tornadoes these supercell storms, they don't care what the calendar says," Gensini said. Saturday's storms were not nearly as unusual as the mid-December tornado outbreak that Iowa saw last year, he said. Northern Illinois University meteorology professor Victor Gensini said there have been plenty of examples of deadly storms in March even though they are more common in April and May. No injuries or fatalities were reported from that tornado. People living in the mobile home park sought refuge in a storm shelter. Northwest of Vinton, the weather service reported, the tornado smashed several buildings including mobile homes. southwest of Vinton and stayed on the ground for 11 minutes, covering a path of nearly 8.5 miles. The weather service did confirm a second tornado besides the one near Winterset - a “strong” EF-1 with maximum winds near 110 mph in Benton County. You will begin to receive our Daily News updates. Add your contacts.
The National Weather Service in Des Moines tweeted early Sunday that there were at least three thunderstorms producing tornadoes, but it's "unknown at this time how many tornadoes occurred." Another tornado a month later killed four boys at the Little Sioux Boy Scout ranch in Western Iowa. The storms are the deadliest to occur in Iowa since May 2008 when one tornado destroyed nearly 300 homes and killed nine people in the northern Iowa city of Parkersburg. Officials reported a number of homes were damaged or destroyed, roads were blocked by downed lines and tree branches were shredded by the strong winds. The storms were fueled by warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico. Thunderstorms that spawned tornadoes moved through much of Iowa from the afternoon until Saturday night with storms also causing damage in the Des Moines suburb of Norwalk, areas just east of Des Moines and other areas of Eastern Iowa including around Vinton in Benton County, where mobiles homes and other structures were flattened. “Additionally, there are significant damages to the beach area, including the boat docks, the Bait House, beach shelters and a storage building, ” an Iowa DNR spokeswoman said. One of those injured was also at the park, which was closed until further notice. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources said the person who died there was in an recreational vehicle at a campground at Red Haw State Park in Chariton.
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