Winterset's New Bridge Church opened as an emergency shelter in the aftermath of the disaster on March 5, 2022. The storm left at least seven dead in central Iowa.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation for Madison County in response to Saturday s tornado and severe weather that killed six in Winterset
A Winterset official says at least six people, four adults and two young children, died in the severe, EF-3 tornado that hit the central Iowa city on Saturday.