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"Tragic and bizarre": US storm season claims more lives

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 24 May 2024, 10:44am
Local residents clean up debris from a tornado damaged home, Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in Greenfield, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Local residents clean up debris from a tornado damaged home, Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in Greenfield, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

"Tragic and bizarre": US storm season claims more lives

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 24 May 2024, 10:44am

Tornado season is off to a wild start in the American Midwest. 

Multiple towns in Iowa have been devastated by storms, the small town of Greenfield basically flattened overnight. 

At least 35 are injured and five dead. 

Across the border in Mexico, a political rally was hit by a freak wind, killing nine and injuring 54 when the stage collapsed. 

US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that the tornado in Greenfield was travelling speeds of up to 265kph, but in Mexico, they’re barely calling it a storm. 

He said that it’s tragic and bizarre. 

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