05-22-2024 Greenfield, IA - Horrific Violent Tornado Damage - Massive Community Clean-Up Response

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Ground footage from multiple angles of intense tornado damage throughout town. Houses were destroyed and swept clean off of foundations. Many houses were heavily damaged and moved off foundations. Cars were heavily damaged and some were found flipped over on structural debris. Trees were debarked. A total of 4 people have lost their life during the tornado that occurred on 5-21-24.

[@tthappyrock368]

All the best to the people of Greenfield and my deepest condolences to those who lost loved ones!

[@e6r2h9]

To say it looks like a bomb went off doesn't do this justice. So terrifying and definitely looks worse than F3.

[@Shadows921]

It was rated an EF4, I believe. My dad's hometown.😢

[@Darkness_1836]

No official rating just yet, but the NWS has stated that it is at least an EF3

[@jmldreamer]

I think it should be ranked an EF5 .

[@KaileyB616]

@@jmldreamer I do too, especially with some of the wind speeds they measured

[@iiDOCKERY]

@@KaileyB616that was measured 600-1000ft from the ground though

[@deirdrepasko9056]

I feel bad 'liking' this. Unbelievable! It looks like a literal war zone! Those poor people!

[@donnalewis7614]

Prayers for all the families. May God provide what is needed for your city. And hold you.

[@bluejay3333]

This is heartbreaking 😢 God send many blessings to this community.🙏🏻

[@Nancoman]

I'm not very religious, but I do very much believe in God. The sight of this made me pray for all of the victims of this storm. It's been a bad year for severe weather. I live a 90 minute drive from this town.

[@chrisuuu393]

I don't believe in God and natural disasters like this are one of the main reasons. Why does good God who can do everything send so much unnecessary suffering. Either there isnt any God or God is not morally good.

[@GEMINITREKKER]

Prayers from New Hampshire.

[@davidbridge2609]

Praying for all the people and families involved.

[@sharkfence576]

There's no way that's just an EF3

[@Darkness_1836]

It’s considered EF3+ right now and surveys are still ongoing, the official rating is going to take a while to be released.

[@michaelespeland]

Preliminary. This will 100% get upgraded as survey progresses. I don't think It'll get an EF5 rating, as (from the images I've seen) most of the structures that sustained a direct hit didnt get totally pulverized. You can still tell that was a town here at some point. So high tier EF4 is probably the final rating for this.

[@5150puddin]

It got upgraded to an EF-4 with winds as high as 185 mph. It was also reported that winds inside the tornado were between 250 to 290 km at 48 meters high. That's 155 to 180 mph for a large duration of the storm.

[@hunterporth3302]

This video doesn’t show the full scope of destruction there are multiple home while off of their foundation and those had basement and the Greensburg EF5 in 2007 got that rating due to a building being reduced to nothing more than a foundation and basement

[@charlieh9894]

3:53 debarked trees 6:41 6:56 bent anchored bolts

[@youtubegm8256]

EF-5 probably minimum borderline.

[@jacob45415]

@@youtubegm8256not an ef5

[@iiDOCKERY]

@@youtubegm8256they won’t it’ll be EF-4

[@anb7408]

They’ll rate it 5mph below EF-5 strength like they always do, and say the anchor bolts weren’t strong enough….or some other BS.

[@wycxl7705]

How is this EF3? This is definitely EF4+ damage

[@jhgaskill]

This is unbearably sad.

[@greensunfish]

multiple anchor bolts were bent at 6:41

[@earlwaugh9154]

So sad praying for those people God bless 🙏

[@grahammonk8013]

I've read elsewhere that wind speeds were more than 250 mph, maybe up to 290. That makes it an EF5. Which explains how it damaged some wind turbines.

[@theredsalmon612]

I’m sorry, but the fujita scale is no longer in use. Please use the Enhanced Fujita scale to rate tornadoes

[@grahammonk8013]

@@theredsalmon612My mistake, I meant to write EF5. Corrected.

[@28th_St_Air]

It’s not just the physical destruction. Think of all the dispersed contaminants from old homes with asbestos, assorted pesticides, and other chemicals that have been spread all over.

[@henrymorgan3982]

At this point, you are just glad to be alive.

[@jojo4637]

Just imagine what hurricane season is going to look like, sheesh

[@elaineteut9579]

Just horrific damage. My heart goes out to those people. You have a small town you like and then it is neatly wiped off the map. I live here in western Iowa in a small town of about 850 people. The big tornado that hit the end of April in Omaha, Blair, Ia., Elk Horn,Minden, near Harlan was about 40 miles south of us. Please dear Lord, just let the weather settle down. We really needed the rain but no one needs this.

[@Fossilsunleashed]

wonder how many are starting to get the signs now?

[@Douglas_I]

Signs of what?

[@michaelespeland]

@@Douglas_I I bet you 10$ he's talking about "weather warfare" or some similar bs

[@georgiasmith64]

​@@Douglas_Iace of bass," I saw the sign" from 1992 lol

[@spacestarkid28]

Too dumb & ignorant to critically think for a change. @tomstanley7568

[@extreme371]

It really doesn’t matter what rating this tornado gets, what matters is how people can help and build back strong.

[@henrymorgan3982]

Prayers to all. Shocking devastation.

[@saadezzaid3041]

Its ef4 for sure

[@KaileyB616]

6:45 what are those things you keep showing? Are those where the walls are (were) bolted to the foundation?

[@iiDOCKERY]

Bent anchor bolts from homes being anchored to their foundation usually only found in high end ef4/ef5

[@teenageapocalypseusa5368]

No way this is just EF3 - from the moment I saw the first damage this was clearly EF4

[@ramonluissandin]

Horrific, possible EF4?

[@tornadoclips2022]

Wow that’s up there with Dawson springs

[@trishwestlin-plaskon9235]

What’s up with the adjective “violent”? All tornados violent! This is devastating!!! Prayers for this community their families and the responders.

[@featherweighthate]

"violent" is just a blanket term for ef4-5 tornadoes.

[@kattmilk]

I've said the same thing in previous videos posted with that terminology. Idc if it's an EF-0 (which can pick up a person and carry them yards away) or an EF-5, they are all violent.

[@leatherDarkhorse]

the tornado already update to EF4+ still in assessment.

[@WackyModder84]

This thing was seriously rated an EF3 by the NWS?! This looks like a mix of High-End EF3 and EF4 damage to me.

[@f1nch_13]

Its hasn't gotten a final rating yet. They rate it ef-3 so that they don't have to downgrade it later

[@WackyModder84]

@@f1nch_13 So in other words, EF3 is the MINIMUM rating it can get, and nothing lower?

[@Brian2874]

its only the initial rating, it might take them several days to finish.

[@cubby091398]

I would say high-end EF4 for sure and possibly EF5. This was a very violent tornado based on what it did to things.

[@chrisuuu393]

@@WackyModder84 Theoretically, they can change rating to a lower one, but this is unlikely. They deliberately give it a low rating at the start and then they can give a higher one so that there is no scandal, as in the case of El Reno, where at the beginning they gave EF5 but at the end they changed it to EF3.

[@jameswalker7459]

Build your homes out of wood in prone tornado areas what do they expect when a tornado hits there town? There wooden homes to be left standing?

[@hamannkimberly122]

A concrete block building was completely ripped off its foundation as well. It doesn't matter with violent tornadoes like this one.

[@GroovyVideo2]

Very Sad -

[@johnshottie4415]

I don’t know how this was only rated EF3. That is some extreme destruction.

[@1365bl]

OMG 🥺

[@gregnettles3677]

That eclipse did a thing

[@itswayneorshine]

People really want a tornado to be rated an EF5 so bad! This tornado hasn’t been rated yet. It is pretty clear that this damage is “at least EF3” which is all that’s been stated at this point. Having seen the damage with my own eyes of a couple of tornadoes that have been rated EF5, it makes total sense how this damage could be (relatively speaking) “worse”. It’s not the top end of what you’ll see in tornado damage. The fact that there is still so much debris in the same place where the damage occurred gives me an overall impression that it’s not quite EF5. Looking forward to hearing from the structural engineers because I can’t tell at all how “well built” any of these structures were. I’m seeming a lot more wood than bricks. There very well could be some spots in the path with EF5 damage.

[@grahammonk8013]

@WayneMorrissetteReal I have been looking for information on how often wind turbines get blown down. Overspeed events where the generators catch fire are a bit more common than simple collapse I think. So far I haven't found multiple cases of collapse. There were at least 4 cases here, and the videos of those collapses are scary. So I think this will be rated EF5.

[@itswayneorshine]

Interesting. If they can determine surface winds from that damage it may be considered. Wind turbines are ≈200ft tall (winds can be different speeds at different heights) and oddly shaped, but I’m sure this will be looked at.

[@grahammonk8013]

@@itswayneorshineThe numbers came from mobile weather radar that was following the storm.

[@leatherDarkhorse]

@@itswayneorshine DOW showing it on 215~290mph, pretty intense as El reno 2011 295mph cough cough ef3.

[@Handfulofhandsomeness]

It really wasn’t that big just powerful.

[@cubby091398]

It was maybe a little over a quarter mile-wide. It reminds of the Andover 1991 F5 tornado. The Andover tornado wasn't overly wide but very powerful. The Andover tornado was around 1/4 to 1/2 mile-wide. I live about seven miles southeast of Andover. I consider that size to be a small wedge tornado.

[@carlmay9532]

All those multiple vortices left the worst swath of damage probably not more than 50 yards wide.

[@ronp4018]

All of this in less than a minute... think about that.

[@TheGg6422]

What Americans need to do is setup in states and cities community help organizations made up of local volunteers, who are willing to travel about 50 miles to help other local communities hit by tornadoes, flooding, ect. We need local people helping each other out when disasters hit NOT the Federal government/FEMA!

[@bevnfred]

Southern Baptists were reported to be among the first in New Orleans after Katrina with a mobile kitchen. Some churches have disaster relief trucks with power equipment and volunteers. The power companies work hard and long to restore power. I’ll bet help is on the way.

[@dustcircle]

No one deserves this. Someone, tell your deity.

[@ryanranard5187]

It’s nature. Jesus is the way.

[@dustcircle]

@@ryanranard5187 It IS nature and a dead man from 26 CE has nothing to do with this.

[@LemonDropYum]

How many confirmed dead?

[@kattmilk]

So far it's 5.

[@aerily1]

❤

[@sandraburke1258]

BUZZARDS people need to be searching for debris outside of areas hit of both Animal & Human remains. According to some weather forecasters during the event buildings were being carried up 40,000 feet into the skies and dropped 15 miles away from its original location. Fields/backyards/ditches could hold items of value to give closure to families affected by these violent storms/tornadoes.

[@Dvoracekmara]

This looks horrible

[@victoravila866]

It looks worse than Gaza.

[@ArthurKing-ei8kr]

Looks like desolation, just another sign of what is to come, but things will be much worse in the end!🙏🎺🎺🎺🎺❤️🙏

[@stevengoff5291]

Prayers for y'all 🙏 sad our president to busy giving money to other countries and to spoil college kids to help American people 😢

[@vascodesena]

Hahahhahahahaha!

[@MultiVenci]

When americans see tornados they scream " Wooo, woohooo im recording the tornado ". When tornado hit the towns no one screams " wooohooo " why ? 😅

[@youtubegm8256]

Because tornadoes are very interesting phenomena, but most people aren't psychotic enough to take pleasure in witnessing the deaths of people.

[@jameswalker7459]

The rebuild is going too cause more environmental damage,,The amount of trees which will be chopped down so these people can rebuild there wooden houses..pray for the trees.pray for the environment,, Don't pray for those people who build wooden houses in tornado prone areas...

[@hamannkimberly122]

I pray the Lord hears you and puts you in your place. Absolutely disgusting to say this.

[@GlobalJustice-vp2xu]

Greenfield represents the demonic "Green Power" and "I" in "IOWA" represents pride. God Almighty has uprooted your demonic pride and will humble you 49 times ( 7 times more than Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel 4: 37"And those who walk in pride He is able to put down."

[@quacksmack7449]

fuck off with that shit, go help someone instead.

[@lizmarch7165]

Wtf is wrong with you? Go take your meds or something dude

[@69judge27]

ALMIGHTY GOD DOESN'T LIKE YALL'S FLAGS 😎🎸