User blog:JanleyManley/NTC News/ One year later...how this town changed


 * One year ago today, an EF5 tornado with winds of 255 mph tore through Western Iowa, killing 16 people in the city of Ida Grove. The small Iowan town was devastated by this tornado during the April 20-23, 2015 tornado outbreak. The tornado that struck Ida Grove was the strongest of 103 tornadoes in that outbreak. The Ida Grove mayor, Morris Hurd, made a speech about what happened in the morning hours of April 21, 2015. "For it is not our cause, but of nature's fault."
 * Suburbs of Des Moines were also struck that day, resulting in three deaths. The wide, EF3 tornado destroyed office buildings at the Des Moines International Airport. Along with the damage at the airport, a mall collapsed and at least 300 more were damaged or destroyed. Two twin EF4 tornadoes struck Rennselaer, Indiana, killing at least 21 people.IdaGrovetornado.jpg

One person was killed from an EF2 tornado that tracked through Southern Illinois on the same day.