A tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday afternoon. Two women help carry a friend’s belongings out of their damaged home after a tornado passed through the area in Bennington, Neb., Friday, April 26, 2024. Two women help carry a friend’s belongings out of their damaged home after a tornado passed through the area in Bennington, Neb., Friday, April 26, 2024. Gopala Penmetsa walks past his house after it was leveled by a tornado near Omaha, Neb., on Friday, April 26, 2024.
Photos on social media showed the small city of Minden, Iowa, about 30 miles northeast of Omaha also sustained heavy damage. Police and firefighters went door-to-door to help people, going to the “hardest hit area” with a plan to search anywhere someone could be trapped, Omaha Fire Chief Kathy Bossman said.
KETV-TV video showed one woman being removed from a demolished home on a stretcher in Blair, a city just north of Omaha.Crews were doing a second search of homes. Fire crews would work throughout the night to check all the unsafe structures and make sure no one is inside, Bonacci said. The agency planned to send out multiple crews over the next several days to determine the number of tornadoes and their strength, which could take up to two weeks, she said.
After passing through the airport, the tornado crossed the Missouri River and into Iowa, north of Council Bluffs.
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