Parkersburg, Iowa was hit by a mile wide tornado last Sunday, May 25, 2008 around 5pm. The National Weather Service ranked the deadly tornado as EF5. It is announced that Iowa has seen another strongest tornado after 30 years.
The tornado tore apart almost half of the town with a wind speed of 200 miles per hour it destroyed schools, restaurants, banks, homes and even killing seven people. Dozens of people in northeastern Iowa was injured.
According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management the estimated amount of total damage of these tornado was around $5.8 million. Governor Culver and President Bush have issued disaster declaration for the state.
Hundreds of people was also gave their hands in helping victims. A group of volunteer teams arrived on the area to clean up. The owner of Disaster Recovery Solutions, Ta Agoglia gave five teams to helps cleaning up the road for free. Red Cross and Volunteer workers also gave Iowans relief food and clothes.
Iowa's first lady Mari Culver visited the affected area and talked to the volunteer workers about the cleaning effort. She said "There are signs and symbols of hope all around, and that makes the recovery a little easier”.
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