Several people are killed by tornadoes in Iowa as severe storms rip through the Midwest once more.

 Several people are killed by tornadoes in Iowa as severe storms rip through the Midwest once more.

Greenfield, Iowa Huge wind turbines outside the small town were tied up and fell by howling winds, while a tornado that tore through Greenfield left shattered homes, smashed automobiles, and uprooted trees in its wake, killing multiple people.

Following the devastation of the 2,000-person village, the storms proceeded eastward over portions of Wisconsin and Illinois, rendering over 130,000 consumers without power in both states.

At least a dozen injured persons had to be transported to different hospitals since Greenfield's hospital was one of the damaged structures in the town, according to Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Alex Dinkla.

Dinkla stated at a news conference on Tuesday night, "Sadly, we can confirm that there have been fatalities," without mentioning the number. "We're still counting at this time."

He declared that although he believed they had located every resident of the town, searches will go on in case anyone was reported missing. In a Tuesday night Facebook post, the Adair County Health System announced that it had established a triage center at the Greenfield high school and advised anyone in need of medical assistance to go there.

About 55 miles (90 kilometers) southwest of Des Moines, Greenfield was mostly devastated by the tornado on a day that saw numerous tornadoes, enormous hail, and torrential rain in several states.

The town's strict curfew was declared by the authorities, who also stated that locals would only be permitted to enter Greenfield until Wednesday morning. On Tuesday night, they also gave media representatives the order to depart the city.

Following the hurricane, lots where residences formerly stood were filled with piles of broken wood from dwellings, branches, auto parts, and other debris. The remaining trees had lost all of their foliage and limbs. Residents threw furniture and other items in every direction and helped each other save what they could.

According to Rogue Paxton, he sought safety in his home's basement during the storm. He remarked to WOI-TV that his family was fortunate even though he believed the house was lost.

"But everyone else is not so much, like my brother Cody, his house just got wiped," Paxton continued. "Then you see all these people out here helping each other. ... Everything's going to be fine because we have each other, but it's just going to be really, really rough. It is a mess."

Numerous tornadoes were recorded across the state, and one of them even appeared to topple multiple 76-meter (or 250-foot) wind turbines in southwest Iowa. Smoke plumes rose into the air as a few of the turbines caught fire.

Tornadoes, hurricanes, and other strong winds are designed to be withstanding by wind farms. The U.S. Department of Energy states that turbines are made to cut off when winds reach specific speeds, usually 55 mph (89 kph). To lessen the pressure, they also turn toward the wind and lock and feather their blades.

On its website, Greenfield presents itself as the "ideal place to grow" and a "friendly wave as you walk" neighborhood with tree-lined streets before the storm.

Long's Market, located in downtown Greenfield, was mostly spared damage during the hurricane, according to Mary Long, the owner of the establishment. According to Long, there seemed to be extensive damage on the town's east and south sides.

"I could hear this roaring, like the proverbial freight train, and then it was just done," she continued.

Before the storm, according to Camille Blair, the Greenfield Chamber of Commerce office where she works closed at around two p.m.

Regarding the tornado, she remarked, "I can see from my house it kind of went in a straight line down the road."

Governor Kim Reynolds announced that she would be stopping by Greenfield early on Wednesday.

"It was just a few weeks ago that tornadoes hit several other Iowa communities, and it's hard to believe that it's happened again," she said in a press release. "Iowans are strong and resilient, and we will get through this together."

A tornado was seen in southwest Iowa, just northwest of Red Oak, according to footage shared on social media. The National Weather Service issued numerous tornado warnings for areas around the towns of Guthrie Center, Fontanelle, Griswold, and Corning, among other towns, farther to the east and north.

The Storm Prediction Center of the National Weather Service warned that there was a high probability of severe thunderstorms with powerful tornadoes throughout the majority of the state, thus Iowans were prepared for severe weather. The public schools in Des Moines canceled evening programs and concluded classes two hours early.

Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning, Wisconsin saw the storms and tornado warnings sweep in, with Madison, the state capital, included in the warning.

Earlier in the day, heavy rain, strong gusts, and big hail battered Omaha, Nebraska, causing inhabitants to wake up to the sound of sirens and extensive power outages. Cars and basements were swamped by the deluge. KETV, a television channel, featured firefighters pulling people from cars.

Due to poor visibility caused by dust storms, authorities in Illinois had to close sections of two interstates. The McLean region saw wind gusts as high as 45 mph (74 kph), according to meteorologist Chuck Schaffer of the National Weather Service.

Days of severe weather that devastated a large portion of the country's middle region were followed by the storms. Late on Sunday, tornadoes, huge hail, and strong winds hit sections of Oklahoma and Kansas, causing damage to homes and two injuries in Oklahoma.

One more series of storms storm that pounded Colorado and western Nebraska on Monday night left Yuma, Colorado, covered in baseball- and golf-ball-sized hail that turned the city's roadways into rivers of ice and water.

Last week, severe storms in Texas devastated the Houston region, leaving at least eight people dead. Many people were left without air conditioning and in the dark amid the hot and muggy weather on Thursday due to the storms that cut off power to hundreds of thousands of people for many days. Tuesday saw the addition of a guy who passed away from carbon monoxide poisoning while using a generator when his power went out, bringing the total number of deaths up from seven. Hurricane-force winds broke glass in downtown buildings and turned shops and other structures to rubble.

The system is predicted to turn south on Wednesday, bringing more severe weather to areas of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and southern Missouri, according to Bob Oravec, lead forecaster with the National Weather Service.

Beck reported from Omaha, and McFetridge from Des Moines. Contributors from the Associated Press were writers Juan Lozano in Houston, Josh Funk in Omaha, Colleen Slevin in Denver, and Steve Karnowski in Minneapolis.