OUT OF IOWA, OUT OF NEBRASKA ARE JUST BREATHTAKING. FOX WEATHER'S BRANDY CAMPBELL IS IN MINDEN, IOWA WITH THE LATEST ON THE DAMAGE THERE. BRANDY I KNOW WE'VE WE'VE GOT YOU OUT THERE. NICOLE IN ELKHORN, NEBRASKA. JUST TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE BEEN SEEING AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN LIKE AFTER LAST NIGHT. WELL, GUYS, I'LL TELL YOU, WE'RE JUST NOW GETTING ACCESS INSIDE OF MINDEN, IOWA. THEY HAVE CHECKPOINTS, SO THEY'RE ONLY ALLOWING PEOPLE WHO ARE HELPING PEOPLE WHO ARE RESIDENTS HERE. OR IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, A RESIDENT AND YOU'RE TRYING TO HELP OUT. SO WE'RE JUST GETTING ACCESS BECAUSE WE'RE LEARNING THAT THE GOVERNOR OF IOWA IS ACTUALLY ON SITE DOING A TOUR WITH OTHER LEADERS IN THE STATE, AND SO WE'LL BE JOINING THEM PRETTY SOON. BUT THIS IS OUR FIRST LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE ON THE GROUND. WE CAN SEE THERE'S DIFFERENT EFFORTS OUT HERE. THERE'S RAPID RELIEF TEAM BEHIND US. THERE'S WORK BEING DONE JUST ACROSS. YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE SOME EQUIPMENT OVER THERE. SO WE JUST WE'RE STILL GETTING OUR FOOTING HERE IN MINDEN. BUT THIS AREA WE CAN TELL HAS HAD TREMENDOUS IMPACTS FROM THAT WIDE WEDGE TORNADO THAT CAME ACROSS THIS REGION YESTERDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OUT OF OMAHA. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE FIVE TEAMS OUT DOING SURVEYS IN DIFFERENT AREAS AND THEY DID TWEET OUT THAT ALL OF THEIR TEAMS, THEY'RE FINDING EVIDENCE OF AT LEAST EF3 STRENGTH FOR THESE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WERE IMPACTED BY TORNADOES. SO YOU'RE SEEING SOME OF THIS. YOU CAN SEE TREES THAT ARE DOWN, YOU KNOW, ON TOP OF CARS, PARTIAL BUILDING COLLAPSES. AND THIS ISN'T THE WORST THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THIS TOWN. WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT WITH OUR OWN EYES YET, BUT JUST VIDEO THAT WE'VE SEEN ONLINE, IT'S FAR WORSE. SO I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU GUYS TO SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE ON THE GROUND. WE GOT SOME RESIDENTS AND SOME FAMILY MEMBERS JOINING US. WHAT'S YOUR NAME, MA'AM? SHERRY. SHERRY. OKAY WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SIR? I'M JEFF. JEFF. THANK YOU GUYS FOR, YOU KNOW, BEING WILLING TO SPEAK WITH US. SHERRY, I UNDERSTAND YOU LIVE HERE AND YOUR HOUSE. YEAH, YEAH. YOU SAID YOU WERE HERE YESTERDAY AS EVERYTHING WAS GOING DOWN. CAN YOU PAINT THE PICTURE OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING? IT WAS PRETTY, I DON'T KNOW, TRAUMATIC. WE DIDN'T KNOW FOR SURE IF IT WAS GOING TO HIT. YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WITH TORNADOES. SO WE DID TAKE COVER AT MY SISTER'S HOUSE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A BASEMENT IN OUR HOUSE. AND WE WENT DOWN THE BASEMENT AND JUST JUST HOPED AND PRAYED EVERYTHING WOULD BE OKAY. WE WERE. WE WERE ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES. THERE'S SOME HOUSES HERE THAT AREN'T SO LUCKY, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD MINIMAL DAMAGE. SOME TREE BRANCHES GO THROUGH THE HOUSE, BUT THAT'S ALL REPLACEABLE. WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN? HAVE YOU GOTTEN A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE REST OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? WHAT HAVE YOU GUYS NOTICED? THIS SIDE OF TOWN IS THE GOOD HALF. THE OTHER SIDE IS. IT'S PRETTY MUCH GONE. YEAH, HOUSES ARE GONE. WOW. WHAT COMES TO YOUR MIND? JUST SEEING THAT COMPLETE DEVASTATION? I MEAN, IT'S YEAH, I MEAN, EVERYTHING'S A LOT OF STUFF IS JUST WIPED OUT DOWN THERE. IT JUST. IT'S HORRIBLE. WOW. I'M REALLY SORRY TO HEAR THAT. AND I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A VERY SMALL TOWN I'M SEEING. IT'S JUST A TOWN OF MAYBE SIX. YEAH NOT MANY PEOPLE HERE. SO AS FAR AS RECOVERY GOES, I SEE YOU GUYS ALREADY HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS COMING BACK TO HELP OUT. HOW IS THINGS KICKING OFF WITH? JUST HELPING OUT, I WOULD SAY ONE GOOD THING. ONCE EVERYONE WAS OUT THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT HELPING, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD JUST HEAR THAT THE SIRENS AND EVERYBODY WAS HERE SO FAST TO HELP AND RESPOND THAT WITH THE QUICK, I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. SO THE HELP, THE SUPPORT OF EVERYBODY IS JUST AMAZING. IT'S JUST THE START. IT IS JUST THE START. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A VILLAGE TO BUILD IT BACK UP. SO MORE HELP, THE BETTER. AND THE NEXT PART OF THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE THREAT ISN'T OVER FOR EVERYONE AT HOME. OR IF YOU ARE IN THE MIDWEST, WE KNOW THE THREAT CONTINUES TODAY. THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER DANGEROUS DAY, OBVIOUSLY MORE SOUTH OF US, BUT IT DOES STILL INCLUDE US. SO DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY CONCERNS GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, INTO THE NIGHT? NO, JUST YOU KNOW, WE PATCHED EVERYTHING. HOPEFULLY WE DON'T GET TOO MUCH MORE DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE AND HOPEFULLY NOT A LOT OF WATER COMES IN. BUT YEAH I DON'T KNOW. JUST TRY TO STAY SAFE. THANK YOU, MISS SHERRY. THANK YOU AS WELL FOR JOINING US, BUT GUYS AGAIN, WE'RE JUST GETTING INTO MINDEN AND BARELY SEEING THE MASSIVE MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE THAT'S BEING DONE. BUT AGAIN, THE GOVERNOR, SHE IS
