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Tornadoes damage homes in southeast Iowa

Several structures were damaged and others ruined last weekend after two tornadoes touched down outside Oakville in southeast Iowa, their paths creating a combined 3 miles of destruction.The tornadoes came out of storms that rolled through Des Moines County on Saturday night.An EF2 tornado touched down at 8:20 p.m. 3 miles southwest of Oakville, damaging trees and the roof of a rural home between Oakville and Mediapolis.“It was like your head was in a dryer, just thundering around you, like a bunch of horses just thundering,” said Liz Harvey, who waited out the storm with her husband and two children in the bathroom of their home.Harvey had been in the bathroom with her 2-year-old daughter, Violet, when it started to rain.

 

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