Rampaging Nature: Mid-West Hard Hit By Spring Disasters
Rampaging Nature: Mid-West Hard Hit By Spring Disasters
The most devastating series of tornadoes in many decades rip through six mid-Western states. In the wake of the twisters, there are nearly 250 dead. Damages mounting to hundreds of millions. Iowa, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan were all hard hit. To the West there was more tragedy as the swollen Mississippi river rose a foot every four hours. At sections along its banks, the famous "Father of Waters" was more than 27 feet at crest, 13 feet above flood stage. 39 counties in Minnesota were declared disaster areas as the flood crest barrels down stream towards St. Paul. The aftermath of a very bad tornado. MS - A woman walking on top of her rubble after a tornado destroyed her home. Another woman standing in the mist of her destroyed house. Camera pans - Rubble, some recognizable furniture but most of it looks like broken up wood and plaster. LS A woman seeing what she can salvage on what's left of her second floor. Crystal Lake, Illinois. Damaged home, half of it is gone exposing what's remaining of a bedroom and the cars that were once parked in a garage. Camera panning damaged cars. One completely laying on its side. Indiana, two ladies looking to see what they can salvage from their dining room. A leveled home with wood, plaster and some broken trees. A squished Volks Wagon. A swollen and turbulent Mississippi River part of the rail road tracks are gone. A flooded area of Minnesota, you can only see the top of the roof on one house. Men packed up a pick up truck with what they could salvage. People filling sand bags including some kids around 11 years old or so. St. Paul, Minnesota - One of the worst flooded areas. Men stacking sand bags. A flooded town, people are really suffering some property damage. A close up shot of a street that has been destroyed because the water got underneath its pavement.