Blown Away: Iowa Emergency Responders Contend with Direct Hit by EF5 Tornado

    May 1, 2009
    Steve Meyer reports on an EF5 tornado in Parkersburg, IA, that left 290 of the community's 576 homes destroyed and another 120 damaged. Twenty-two businesses were destroyed; the Aplington-Parkersburg High School and Parkersburg City Hall were also destroyed.

    Steve Meyer reports on an EF5 tornado in Parkersburg, IA, that left 290 of the community's 576 homes destroyed and another 120 damaged. Twenty-two businesses were destroyed; the Aplington-Parkersburg High School and Parkersburg City Hall were also destroyed.

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