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Greenfield's hospital was among the buildings that were damaged in the town, which meant that at least a dozen people who were hurt had to be taken to facilities elsewhere, according to Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Alex Dinkla.
Fierce tornados in Iowa on Tuesday caused extensive damage and an unknown number of injuries in at least one rural town and took down several 250-foot wind turbines.
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for much of the state of Iowa today, warning that it is a “particularly dangerous situation.”The phrase is specific wording that’s used in rare situations when “long-lived, strong and violent tornadoes are possible,” according to the NWS.
Heavy rain Monday and Tuesday is expected to cause minor flooding this week in Marengo, which has been at the center of Iowa’s drought in recent summers.
There’s a possibility of three rounds of storms Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service’s Quad Cities bureau. The strongest storms are expected Tuesday afternoon and evening, and could bring damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes.
According to the National Weather Service, over 20 tornadoes struck Iowa on April 26, killing one in the hard-hit town of Minden in Western Iowa.
1,700 new spotters trained this year by Quad Cities SKYWARN program
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a rare geomagnetic storm watch — the first in nearly 20 years. That was expected to become a warning Friday night, when the effects of the solar outburst were due to reach Earth.
Most of the lingering drought is in the eastern half of the state, where a vast expanse of formerly extreme dryness is subsiding.
This is the second time Clarke and Pottawattamie counties were included in a disaster proclamation in just over a week.
A lightning strike started a fire in a Cedar Rapids home Tuesday morning, displacing a family, according to the Cedar Rapids Fire Department.
Of those, 24 struck Western and Central Iowa on just one day.
At least 17 tornadoes struck Iowa on a single day last week, the National Weather Service says.
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