Some iowans are picking up the pieces tonight after a strong line of storms made their way through the state last night. The National Weather service is still investigating whether or not there was a tornado. . . . . . . . . cbs 2 News Reporter mellaney oore spoke witita family who says theyre convinced a tornado hit their iowa county home. This is whats left of a shed and a barn. But even in this, the family says it cocod have been much worse and they are very lucky. Lucky. If theres a Lottery Ticket to be bought, perhaps it should be purchased by the jodeit family. Wednesesy night storms tore through a shed and barn on the property but only took a few shingles from their home. Margaret jodeit, wife4 24 34 it sounded like thunder and it sounded like thunder that just wouldnt stst. Margarar jodeit and two of her kids were in the home the family has rented wife4 24 59 the power popped and went off and i said this is it,ere going to the basement. Her husband william got home whehethe sto
Terry thanks. Risht now, the National Weather service says five tornadoes hit the state during last nights severe weather. Cbs 2 news is still waiting to find out whether damage in rural iowa county was caused by a sixth toado. Tornado. Orms ripped throroh a shed and barn near williamsburg. In addtion, the propertys owner tells cbs 2 news, a 500 gallon barrel of el was thrown 30 yards. The National Weather service willll go out again tomorrow to look at more damage. There was more damage further buildings were destroyed when an ef1 tornado touched down there. One couple says they ran to their basement and two minutes later, the top of their home was gone. Fortunately, no serious injuries have been reported from last nights storms. Cbs 2 news ten at ten continues now with more of the corridors top stories. Stories. The conversation to improve cedar lake opened up to the public tay. A number of organizations and pepele came out to express what could make the area better. Better. Cbs 2 Ne
Live in. Mellaney moore, cbs 2 news. News. Thanks, mellaney. Mellaney. If you experienced any damage or have any video of last nights severe storms, let us know you can share your photos and video right now on our Facebook Page kgan cbs 2. There was also a lot of damage yesterday in central iowa. One tornado touched down at the Des Moines International airport. Widespread damage was reported through out the nearby metro area. In knoxville, witnesses say a tornado ripped off f part of the local wal marts roof. Some schools held students until the storm had passed through. Governor brantad will survery the damage in knoxville later this afternoon. Luckily no serious injuries have been reported from these storms were still waiting to find out the name of the woman fatally hit by a semi last night in linn county. County. The sherrifs oice tells cbs 2 news it happened along highway 30 near the entranan of palisades kepler state park. Park. Authorities say the woman was in the eastbound lane
Confirmation that one of the worlds most wanted terrorists has been killed. Killed. Last night the pentagon announced an airstrike targeting the man known as jihadi john. His real name is mohammedemwazi, youll remember hes the one who appeared in a series of isis execution videos, taunting western leaders in a british accent. U. S. Officials say the strike followed what they called persistent surveillance. Speaking this morning secretary of state john kerry called the stike a warning for isis. We are still assessing the result of the strikes, but the terrorists associated with daesh need to know this your days are numbered and you will be defeated. Defeated. Daesh is another name for isis. While the u. S. Is confident theyve killed emwazi, british leaders arent yet as sure. We cannot yet be certain if the strike was successful but let me be clear ive always said that we would do whatever was necessary, whatever it took to track down emwazi and to stop him taking the lives of others. Ot
Number of students like borchardt starts climbing. Climbing. We work with a lot of manufacturers in the area and one of the things that we hear from them a lot is how difficult it is to find skilled work force. Kirkwood staff say when many people think of manufacturing. They think of what the industry looked like years ago. Ago. The United States is a country that was founded on making things. Roger kloudas company in linn county makes plastic injection molds for major brands like polaris, yamaha and honda. He says manufacturing is much cleaner and more hightech than it used to be. And something that can be made into a career. Career. Those of us who still make things have a lot of pride in that. Msi mold builders is one of 15 companies at kirkwoods advancing the future tour. Tour. They want people to realize that in order to continue to move forward and grow within our region, manufacturers play a key part in that. Manufacturers say they have to compete nationally for workers. But pro