Gazette video journalist Michael Barnes rode with the Cedar Rapids, Iowa fire department on a boat tour of flooded downtown streets on Friday, April 13, 2008.
This video, shot by surveillance cameras at the ATM in the drive-up lane at the First State Bank in Parkersburg, Iowa, shows a home in Parkersburg being destroyed by an EF-5 tornado on Sunday, May 25, 2008. The video was provided by First State Bank officials.
These video excerpts, taken from video surveillance cameras, were provided by officials with First State Bank in Parkersburg, Iowa. They show various views of an EF-5 tornado that hit the bank on Sunday, May 25, 2008, destroying the bank and many other homes and businesses in Parkersburg.