Powerful storms rip through Midwest, bringing tornadoes

By Hannah Fingerhut, Scott McFetridge and Margery A. Beck | Associated Press

GREENFIELD, Iowa — Powerful storms that rolled through the Midwest spun up multiple tornadoes, including a fierce twister that smashed through a small Iowa town Tuesday, carving a bleak landscape of destroyed homes and businesses, toppled trees, smashed cars and widely strewn debris and causing an unknown number of injuries.

Iowa State Patrol spokesman Sgt. Alex Dinkla said multiple people were injured in Greenfield...