A tornado that leveled half a town in northeast Iowa and killed seven people was ... tore a path through Parkersburg and nearby towns. The weather service ranked it an EF5 — at the top of ...

On May 25, 2008, a powerful EF5 wedge tornado, with winds topping out at 205 mph, devastated parts of northeast Iowa. In Parkersburg ... powerful that objects from town could have been found ...

PARKERSBURG, Iowa --- Even on a cloudy day, the city's south side shines. Businesses and large, modern homes share a uniform freshness in a band along both sides of Iowa Highway 57. Empty lots and ...