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Emergency Relief Fund: Providing food, water, shelter, and other necessities to families impacted by the storm.
Aiding communities to restore normalcy.
Every contribution, big or small, will bring much-needed assistance to families struggling in the aftermath of this disaster.
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$25 can provide a care package with essential supplies for a family in need.
$25 can provide shelter to displaced animals by the storm.
$50 can help ensure a family displaced by the storm has access to food and shelter.
$100 can contribute to debris removal efforts, making neighborhoods safe and accessible again.
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Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a disaster declaration Saturday for 21 counties in the region, and the Iowa State Patrol and Iowa 511 warned against travel there because of flooded roads. The most dramatic situation may have been in Rock Valley, where as much as 15 inches of upstream rain over the previous 72 hours sent the Rock River surging to a record depth of more than 27 feet. That was 5 feet over the previous record and 8 feet above major flood stage, 19 feet, according to the National Water Prediction Service. A levee failed and the city sounded warning sirens early Saturday, telling residents north of Highway 18 to evacuate. State troopers blocked roads into the city to all but local residents, and the city said on its Facebook page that people were being brought out by boat because "the water current and height" had rendered the use of vehicles impossible. “We’ve got National Guard helicopters coming in where people are on their roofs — literally on their roofs or the second floor because their first floor is completely flooded,” Otterloo said. The Sioux County sheriff's Facebook page said evacuations also were underway in Hawarden on the Big Sioux River, which likewise experienced record flooding. The city of Akron, just downstream, was warning residents to prepare to leave. And the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, posted a storm watcher report of some evacuations in Spencer. In Rock Valley and other cities across the region, the high water backed up sewage systems, and residents were asked to cease using water until service could be restored. Some areas also reported power outages.
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Multiple tornadoes tracked across western Iowa on Tuesday afternoon, leading to at least one death and causing major damage to a small city as robust storms roar to life in the Midwest.
The storm-related death occurred in Adams County, Iowa – about 90 miles southwest of Des Moines – the county medical examiner Lisa Brown told CNN.
Brown was unable to give additional details on the death, but said it was due to a tornado.
A destructive storm also went through the city of Greenfield, Iowa – about 50 miles southwest of Des Moines – and produced a tornado shortly before 5 p.m., causing “a lot of damage” to many houses and other structures, Iowa State Patrol spokesperson Sgt. Alex Dinkla told CNN.
Video taken by CNN affiliate KCCI shows the destructive path of the tornado that ripped through Greenfield. Decimated homes and flattened structures, piles of debris, damaged cars and countless toppled trees can be seen in the footage.
“There is basically nothing left,” Clel Baudler, a former Iowa state representative who lives a half mile from Greenfield, told CNN on Tuesday. “It went right through Greenfield.”
The potent line of thunderstorms developing Tuesday afternoon prompted a rare “potentially dangerous situation” tornado watch for parts of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois from the Storm Prediction Center. The special kind of tornado watch is only issued when there’s unusually high confidence in the potential of multiple long-lived and EF2 or stronger tornadoes.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds authorized a proclamation of disaster emergency for 15 counties due to the storm outbreak, saying it will allow state resources “to respond to and recover from the effects of the severe weather,” in a news release.
Over 65,000 customers were out of power in Iowa as of 8 p.m Tuesday, according to Poweroutage.us.
Tornadoes are one of the many serious hazards expected with Tuesday’s severe thunderstorm outbreak, according to the SPC. Destructive, hurricane-strength wind gusts up to 90 mph and softball-size hail are also likely.
More than 25 million people across the region are under a Level 3 of 5 or Level 4 of 5 risk of severe thunderstorms Tuesday, the SPC said.
The biggest area of concern for widespread, hazardous impacts centers on much of Iowa, northwest Illinois, southwest Wisconsin and northern Missouri. Chicago, Milwaukee and other population centers are also at risk of damaging storms.
The Des Moines International Airport temporarily closed late Tuesday afternoon as dangerous storms headed into Des Moines, prompting tornado warnings. The city remains in the bull’s-eye of the strongest storms and potential tornadoes.
“Two tornado warnings for the Des Moines metro with both warnings having observed tornadoes. Seek shelter,” the National Weather Service office there said at 4:45 p.m. local time.
Emergency management officials in Montgomery County, Iowa, confirmed “multiple tornadoes” occurred within the county Tuesday afternoon, and no injuries have been reported thus far. Officials are currently working on clearing roads to access affected properties.
“Damage assessments will be ongoing this evening and tomorrow,” the agency said.
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Disaster Relief: Providing shelter, food, and water. Sunday in Davenport, Iowa, as crews scramble to find anyone else who might be trapped. An eighth person has been rescued after a six-story apartment building partially collapsed. It’s not clear how many people may be unaccounted for or how many people are displaced. Part of the building’s back section collapsed and detached from the rest of the structure. The collapse led to “a large natural gas leak” and quite a bit of water gushing in the building.
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Disaster relief for Iowa, providing shelter, food, and water. Seven people were killed, including two children, when a tornado swept through central Iowa, damaging buildings and knocking down trees and power lines. In Madison County said four were injured and six people were killed Saturday when the tornado touched down in the area southwest of Des Moines. A number of homes were damaged, roads were blocked by downed lines and tree branches were shredded by the strong winds. Photos tweeted on social media showed downed trees, debris and damaged roofs and vehicles. At one point, power outages affected about 10,000 in the Des Moines area.
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