Powerful Iowa Tornado Level Structures Halt Air Traffic
A large tornado touched down Saturday night near Iowa’s capital, Des Moine, damaging heavy structures, sending people fleeing to shelters and stopping nearby air traffic.
A large tornado struck near Highway 159 just south of Winterset, Iowa, where a gas leak was later reported. Another tornado was reported just south of Norwalk, which is an outlying suburb of Des Moine.
All air traffic was suspended in the area and a tornado warning was issued for Des Moine.
People fled to shelter, with many flocking to a tornado shelter at the Des Moine airport.
The adventure goes on. Huddled in a tornado basement at the Des Moines airport. Our plane landed, then they stopped all air traffic. Shouldn’t last long. pic.twitter.com/nyuIQm4Kfc
— Karl Vaters (@KarlVaters) March 5, 2022
Newsweek
The tornadoes are part of a system moving across the Midwest Saturday afternoon and into the evening. Tornado warnings remain in effect for the towns of Moravia, Rathbun and Iconium.
This is a developing story that will be updated as new details emerge.
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