On May 25, 2008 at 4:59 p.m. an EF-5 tornado struck the town of Parkersburg. Seven died in the town and there were two more fatalities to the east in New Hartford. There ...[...]

One person was killed in a rollover crash in Polk County Monday morning. Shortly after 10 a.m. the Polk County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a crash in ...[...]

(Iowa typically averages about 19 tornadoes ... In 2008, when the state's last EF-5 tornado struck Parkersburg, resulting in nine of the year's 13 tornado fatalities. In 1979, when tornadoes ...[...]

It's been 16 years since the EF-5 tornado in Parkersburg, but the memories are still fresh in the community's minds. After news of last week's EF-4 ...[...]

Volunteer Iowa, alongside AmeriCorps ... "We've been getting a lot of people from Winterset or even Parkersburg where other people have been hit by a tornado or disaster," she said. Winterset was hit ...[...]

No tornado season since at least 1950 has resulted in more than the 80 tornadoes Iowa's recorded through May of this year.[...]

On May 25, 2008, a powerful EF5 wedge tornado, with winds topping out at 205 mph, devastated parts of northeast Iowa. In Parkersburg, 280 homes were wiped from their foundations, and 22 businesses ...[...]

On May 25, 2008, a powerful EF5 wedge tornado, with winds topping out at 205 mph, devastated parts of northeast Iowa. In Parkersburg, 280 homes were wiped from their foundations, and 22 businesses ...[...]

Miles of parked cars and trucks[...]