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COMING UP BACK TO BILL AND QUANECIA. THANK YOU. LUKE VIEWERS FROM ACROSS THE METRO SENT IN FOOTAGE OF DAMAGE FROM TODAY’S STORMS, INCLUDING A REPORTED TORNADO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON IN LITTLE SIOUX, IOWA. THANK YOU TO THOMAS PECARIC FOR SENDING IN THIS VIDEO. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S BETH CARLSON GOT A FIRSTHAND LOOK AT THE DAMAGE TO ONE FARM. I’LL BET YOU WE’LL STILL BE CLEANING UP HERE LATE SUMMER EASILY. DAVE REINEKE DROVE UP TO HIS PROPERTY THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN LITTLE SIOUX, IOWA, FEARING THE WORST. THE TORNADO CAME RIGHT DOWN HERE AND JUST WENT A SHORT DISTANCE AND WENT UP. REALLY TOSSED AROUND THE GRAIN TRAILERS FOR THE SEMIS, THE HOPPER POTS. FOR SOME REASON IT GOT AHOLD OF THEM AND THREW THEM LIKE UP TO A QUARTER MILE. VIEWER. VIDEO SHOWS THE MOMENT A REPORTED TORNADO MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH HIS PROPERTY. YOU START SEEING THINGS SMASHED UP FROM SOMETHING WITH REAL WEIGHT GETTING THROWN OUT THERE, POWER LINES DOWN, DEBRIS COVERING HIS YARD AND EVEN BUILDINGS COMPLETELY TORN FROM THE GROUND. THE WORST OF THOSE WINDS, EVEN THROWING AN EMPTY SEMI TRUCK INTO THE TREES. REINEKE SAYS IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME. WE’VE ALWAYS GOT TORNADOES COMING THROUGH HERE. THIS IS THE FIRST ONE TO HIT THE BUILDING SITE. IT WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN SOMETIME, BUT AS HE BEGINS TO SORT THROUGH THE MESS, THERE’S A BRIGHT SPOT TO BE FOUND. WE LOST A BUNCH OF TREES. WE LOST ABOUT A BUNCH OF THINGS, BUT THIS SORT OF THING, EVERYTHING HERE IS REPLACEABLE. THERE’S NOTHING LOST HERE THAT’S IRREPLACEABLE. NO ONE GOT HURT. NO ONE EVEN GOT CLOSE TO BEING HURT. REINEKE SAYS WHEN THE NEXT STORM HITS, HE KNOWS WHERE TO TURN. WE’RE BIG FANS OF CHANNEL SEVEN HERE, AND SO BILL RANDBY HE’S THE MAN TO KNOW. IF
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Tornado damages farm in Little Sioux, Iowa, leaving debris but no injuries
A reported tornado swept through Little Sioux, Iowa, damaging a farm and scattering debris, including launching an empty semi-trailer into a tree.
A reported tornado struck Little Sioux, Iowa, Thursday afternoon, leaving significant damage to one farm but causing no injuries. Dave Reinig, the property owner, arrived at his farm fearing the worst. “The tornado came right down here and just went a short distance and went up, really tossed around the grain trailers for the semis. The hopper bobs for some reason. They got ahold of them and threw them, like, up to a quarter mile,” Reinig said. Viewer video captured the moment the tornado moved through the property, showing the destruction it left behind. “You start seeing things smashed up from something with real weight, getting thrown out there,” Reinig said. READ MORE: KETV viewers capture storm as it blows through parts of Nebraska and IowaThe storm downed power lines, scattered debris across the yard, and even tore buildings from the ground. “We’ve always got tornadoes coming through here. This is the first one that hit the building site. It was bound to happen sometime,” he said. Despite the damage, Reinig remains optimistic as he begins cleanup efforts. “We lost a bunch of trees. We lost about a bunch of things. But this sort of thing. Everything here is replaceable. There’s nothing lost here that’s irreplaceable. No one got hurt. No one even got close to being hurt,” he said. Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
A reported tornado struck Little Sioux, Iowa, Thursday afternoon, leaving significant damage to one farm but causing no injuries.
Dave Reinig, the property owner, arrived at his farm fearing the worst.
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“The tornado came right down here and just went a short distance and went up, really tossed around the grain trailers for the semis. The hopper bobs for some reason. They got ahold of them and threw them, like, up to a quarter mile,” Reinig said.
Viewer video captured the moment the tornado moved through the property, showing the destruction it left behind.
“You start seeing things smashed up from something with real weight, getting thrown out there,” Reinig said.
READ MORE: KETV viewers capture storm as it blows through parts of Nebraska and Iowa
The storm downed power lines, scattered debris across the yard, and even tore buildings from the ground.
“We’ve always got tornadoes coming through here. This is the first one that hit the building site. It was bound to happen sometime,” he said.
Despite the damage, Reinig remains optimistic as he begins cleanup efforts.
“We lost a bunch of trees. We lost about a bunch of things. But this sort of thing. Everything here is replaceable. There’s nothing lost here that’s irreplaceable. No one got hurt. No one even got close to being hurt,” he said.
Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.
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