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Elderly Treynor woman narrowly escapes injury during the April 26th tornadoes

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May 1st, 2024 by Ric Hanson

People in southwest Iowa spent the day cleaning up tornado debris before more storms moved through. In Crescent, a tornado blew off the walls of homes. And in Treynor, a tornado wiped out homes along Highway 92. An 85-year-old woman was nearly killed in the storm. Her daughter says her mom couldn’t make it to the basement in time.

Remarkably, the 85-year-old woman was not injured. The National Weather Service in Omaha says an EF-3 blew through the county on Friday. Winds reached speeds of up to 145 mph.