WINTERSET, Iowa — Six people including two children were killed by a tornado that was part of a massive storm that whipped through Iowa and southern Minnesota and into Wisconsin. An additional adult and three other children were hospitalized with serious injuries. more than two dozen houses were damaged near Winterset, 20 miles southwest of Des Moines,. The tornado, rated an EF-3, had winds as strong as 136 mph. A seventh person died in another touchdown.
Gathering storm. Over grain bins at Winterset, where six died in central Iowa.