Storms Bring New Round of Destruction to Midwest
Strong storms smashed houses, deluged neighborhoods and left thousands without power across the Midwest on Friday in the latest round of fierce weather. A tornado raked a half-mile-wide path of destruction in northwestern Minnesota, and flooding forced the evacuation of about a dozen homes in the central Iowa town of Cambridge.
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Storms brought huge hail, heavy rain and tornadoes to Iowa and Minnesota this weekend, killing at least seven people in Iowa and one 2-year-old in Minnesota.
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raging storms left parts of towns reduced to rubble and heavy rain and lightning continued with wind gusts of 70 mph. The National Weather Service pegs the storms to a massive warm system that had been centered over the southern and western great Plains several days ago.
