GREENFIELD, Iowa — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds praised FEMA's response Thursday as she sought a disaster declaration for multiple counties, saying at least 202 homes were destroyed by a series of tornadoes that raked the state.
Before Tuesday’s twister carved a path through Greenfield and sent family mementos flying far away, the deadliest tornado in 2024 killed three people in Logan County, Ohio on March 14. “A lot of these people have already experienced damage to their homes and property that might be hit again with rain and wind. Because of the damage already there, it won’t take much wind to inflict even more damage on these homes,” Ansorge said. “It’s just a bad deal all the way around.”
It was so destructive that it took authorities more than a day to account for the area's residents, and Iowa's Department of Public Safety said the number of injured is likely even higher. Officials haven’t yet released the names of the Greenfield victims. Digging through a debris field that used to be their home in Greenfield, Kimberly Ergish and her husband searched for family photos and other salvageable items. There wasn’t much left. The reality of having their house destroyed in seconds hadn’t really set in.
Through Tuesday, 859 tornadoes had been confirmed this year, 27% more than the U.S. sees on average, according to NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma. Iowa has so far recorded the most, with 81 confirmed twisters.The Greenfield tornado appeared to have been on the ground for more than 40 miles , AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jon Porter said.
Source: Real Estate Daily Report (realestatedailyreport.net)
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