AP Photo/Kevin Sanders
The above picture is what is left of a house in Parkersburg. Nothing left, just a foundation. You can't even tell where the rest of the house is. There isn't even a pile of debris. The tornado was just that strong.
The above picture is from a home video shot as the tornado approached Parkersburg, Iowa yesterday evening. The full story and video can be read and watched by clicking the below line. But, the story says that as of this morning "A tornado killed seven people and injured at least 50 others as it pushed through the town of Parkersburg near Cedar Falls Sunday night.Five of the deaths were in the town of Parkersburg and two were in New Hartford. Unfortunately it says "officials are still searching damaged properties, and that the death toll and injury numbers could climb." So, it does not look good out of the Parkersburg area this morning. From everything I have looked at, it unfortunately appears that the southern half of town was wiped out, which is just terrible. Again the link immediately below this text is to the whole story and video of the tornado and damage.
The next link is to some very revealing areal shots taken by a chopper yesterday evening over Parkersburg. It shows that this tornado was truly devastating.
Here is the related story from the news station that had the chopper shots in the link above:
The next link below has another video showing the extreme damage, and has another related story, including a couple of witness accounts of what happened.
This next story is a bit brief, but it shows that this tornado was fairly long tracked, and that the damage was not limited to Parkersburg. It also has a few damage pics.
This next story goes into detail about the damage near Dunkerton, IA. That city was hit by a deadly tornado back in 2000. There are also some damage pics and a link to a video report in the upper left corner.
Here is a video report out of North Waterloo, IA.
Here is a detailed story from the Associated Press, along with a few damage photos:
Here is another detailed story. I posted it in its entirty yesterday evening, but it has been updated and is now much more detailed.
This storm not only produced large, damaging tornadoes, but there was also a 93MPH straight line wind gust measured at the Waterloo Airport, and softball-grapefruit sized hail was also reported with this storm.
2 comments:
That top picture looks like EF4 or even low end 5 damage, if that house was properly attatched to the foundation, because the whole house is gone. Not even a pile of splintered wood, it is just gone.
I used to live near Parkersburg and know some people from there. Is there a list anywhere online of those who were killed? I haven't been able to find one.
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