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Iowa Tornado Kills 4 at Boy Scout Camp

Posted Jun 11, 08 9:09 PM CDT in US 

(Newser) – Four people were killed and at least 40 others were injured when a tornado struck a Boy Scout camp in western Iowa, the Des Moines Register reports. A Scout spokesman said about 100 youths ages 14 to 18 were at the camp along with adult supervisors, but it wasn't immediately clear if those killed were teens. The tornado struck as Iowa was struggling with severe floods elsewhere in the state.

"Everything was destroyed," said one 14-year-old witness at the Little Sioux Scout Ranch. "The whole camp was destroyed."

Source Des Moines Register

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Scouts and their families hug outside the West Harrison High School in Mondamin, Iowa, Thursday, June 12, 2008.   (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
A sign is completely submerged along a road north of Vinton, Iowa, as water from the Cedar River continues to rise Wednesday June 11, 2008 in Vinton, Iowa.   (AP Photo/Steve Pope)
Volunteers and National Guard members raise the level of the sandbags as water from the Cedar River continues to rise Wednesday June 11, 2008, in Vinton, Iowa.   (AP Photo/Steve Pope)
The door of an electrical distribution facility is almost covered by water as the Cedar River continues to rise Wednesday June 11, 2008 in Vinton, Iowa.   (AP Photo/Steve Pope)
Taylor Willoughby of Bellevue, Neb, left, and his father H. Taylor Willoughby, recount the moments after the tornado struck.   (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)
A Boy Scout is wheeled out of the West Harrison High School in Mondamin, Iowa, early Thursday morning, June 12, 2008.   (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
Scouts are escorted into the West Harrison High School in Mondamin, Iowa, Thursday, June 12, 2008, where they were reunited with their relatives.   (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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