A wind farm in southwest Iowa suffered a direct hit from a powerful tornado that crumpled five of the massive power-producing towers, including one that burst into flames. Video of
A wind farm in southwest Iowa suffered a direct hit from a powerful tornado that crumpled five of the massive, power-producing towers, including one that burst into flames. But experts say fortunately such incidents are rare.
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One tornado which tore through the centre of the small town of Greenfield, south-west of Des Moines, left a wide trail of obliterated homes, splintered trees and crumpled cars, before bringing down turbines at a nearby wind farm.
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