The tornado --- already choked with debris from Parkersburg --- hit in earnest, ripping Kidd's home apart. The killer claimed eight lives in Parkersburg and New Hartford, including one of Kidd's ...

PARKERSBURG, Iowa — State and federal officials vowed Monday to bring help to residents struggling after a deadly tornado ripped through their northeastern Iowa communities. “There’s so much hurt here ...

PARKERSBURG, Iowa Half of this small town lay in ruins or heavily damaged Monday following a deadly tornado that ripped apart a stretch of northern Iowa. The Sunday afternoon twister killed six people ...

The tornado was the deadliest in Iowa since May 1968 when another killer hit Charles City, Oelwein and Maynard. In that storm, 13 people died. "You just look at the town, and it's gone," said Art ...

PARKERSBURG, Iowa — Fred Everts held back tears as he surveyed a pile of splintered wood and metal scraps that the day before had been his and his wife’s home. Several yards away, a makeshift sign was ...

PARKERSBURG (AP) — Ruth Haan and Janet Johnson want to keep the memories of their town alive. Memories fade — even those of the May 25 tornado that destroyed some 200 homes and businesses in the ...