Dalessio in chicago and dinesh ramde in milwaukee contributed to this report. Twisters so far this year the worst toll in a decade according to the weather service and the danger has not passed yet. The weather system stretched from western kansas to northwestern minnesota early monday and was headed through illinois toward wisconsin and indiana. The des moines area had heavy rain and lightning sunday night with wind gusts of mph. Tim pawlenty planned to tour the storm ravaged town monday. The childrens parents also were hospitalized as were three other adults and another child.

Without that we would have a tremendous amount of injuries and loss of life haylock said. All you hear is glass breaking and wood tearing and breaking in half petree said. Tim pawlenty planned to tour the storm ravaged town monday. Paul suburb of hugo killed a year old child and critically injured a sibling of the victim washington county sheriff bill hutton said. People were down in their basements and waiting it out. The storms came after three days of violent weather elsewhere across the nation.

Associated press writers joshua freed in hugo minn. Paul suburb of hugo killed a year old child and critically injured a sibling of the victim washington county sheriff bill hutton said. Washington county minn. Farther south at least three weak tornadoes touched down sunday in the texas panhandle. The weather system stretched from western kansas to northwestern minnesota early monday and was headed through illinois toward wisconsin and indiana. Witnesses reported parts of parkersburg — particularly the towns south side — were reduced to rubble including most of the towns high school.

The des moines area had heavy rain and lightning sunday night with wind gusts of mph. Powerful storms packing large hail heavy rain and tornadoes made for a deadly memorial day weekend across the nations midsection killing at least seven people in iowa and a year old child in minnesota. S. Tim halback of the national weather service in romeoville ill. Dalessio in chicago and dinesh ramde in milwaukee contributed to this report. Tornado season typically peaks in the spring and early summer then again in the late fall.

The weather system stretched from western kansas to northwestern minnesota early monday and was headed through illinois toward wisconsin and indiana. The storms came after three days of violent weather elsewhere across the nation. At least injuries were reported. Power had been restored monday to most of the more than customers blacked out in the area primarily in hugo and forest lake to the northeast xcel energy spokeswoman patti nystuen. Iowa gov. About people have been killed by u.