A tornado ripped through Parkersburg , Iowa Sunday and left 8 people dead. The twister touched down in Parkersburg around 6 pm and killed five people before

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Severe thunderstorms packing large hail and tornadoes rumbled across the nation's midsection on Sunday, killing at least eight people and damaging dozens of homes, authorities said.
Iowa Homeland Security administrator Dave Miller said seven of the dead were killed by a tornado in northeast Iowa — five from Parkersburg, 80 miles northeast of Des Moines, and two from nearby New Hartford. At least 50 injuries were reported.
destroyed. Dunkerton has fewer than 800 residents and New Hartford has about 700 people.

(CNN) -- Tornadoes swept through the Midwest on Sunday, killing seven people in Iowa and a toddler in Minnesota. Jeff Anderson, left, helps Billy Pierce

Parkersburg, Ia. - Residents here packed what was left of their belongings today and headed out of a town they barely recognized.
A tornado a mile wide killed seven people and took away the southern half of the town of 1,900, including its high school, houses and a gas station.
City in May 1968 left 13 people dead and 450 injured.

AP PARKERSBURG, Iowa - A state official says seven people were killed and dozens more injured as a storm ripped through a rural area in northeastern Iowa.

AP Large hail and reported tornadoes damaged a grain elevator in Iowa and tore up homes in Minnesota on Sunday as severe thunderstorms moved across the US

AP - Sunday, May 25, 2008 A National Weather Service meteorologist says he found evidence a tornado skipped around in a rural area near New Salem,

AP HUGO, Minn.: A town official says one person has died and 20 are missing after a severe storm swept through a St. Paul, Minn., suburb.