The widest tornado in Iowa’s history touched down Thursday night near Essex, Iowa. 1.78 miles. 3130 yards. More than 31 football fields. That’s how wide the twister was as it ripped through nearly 20 ...

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa — Businesses and volunteers are pitching in to provide more than cleanup in the wake of the destructive tornadoes that swept through three cities in central Iowa earlier this week.

Debris lies on the ground as residents clean up after a tornado swept through Bondurant, Iowa, Thursday, July 19, 2018. A flurry of tornadoes swept through central Iowa Thursday afternoon, flattening ...

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) — With the scope of the devastation still sinking in, business owners and residents of the central Iowa city of Marshalltown on Friday began picking up bricks from collapsed ...