A batch of tornadoes swept across southwest Iowa Thursday, tearing upfarmsteads and causing at least two injuries. Villisca fireman Gayle Heard says several houses were damaged in MontgomeryCounty due to what must have been a number of tornadoes. Heard says peoplehave worked through the night trying to clean up the mess.Adam Wainwright is a student at Villisca High School and went along with afirefighter to try and take pictures of anything unusual — like a tornado.He ended up seeing a tornado and getting several pictures.Glen Saltzgiver lives near Villisca and says the twister left a big messbehind with buildings completely gone.Saltzgiver says he watched the tornado from his back porch and says he wasscared to death.
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