The Awesome Power of Tornadoes.

Written By: Brian Neudorff

This week, the First State Bank in Parkersburg released surveillance video of the EF-5 tornado that devastated Parkersburg, Iowa. The video from above was recorded the evening of May 25 from the bank's outside ATM camera. You can see the power of these storms. It just destroys this home and then engulfs it.

On Monday, the same bank released interior surveillance video that caught the same tornado destroying the bank. You can see that video by clicking here. We aired this on Tuesday's News 8 Now at Sunrise. This was a deadly tornado over the Memorial Day weekend. The loss of life due to this tornado is now at 8.

Tornadoes in Western and Central New York are rare, but we already had one back on May 17th in the town of Camden, so they can happen. Because of the very active tornado season we are having in the United States it might be a good time to go over how to protect yourself and family during severe weather.

Information on the very active and deadly 2008 Tornado Season:
Storm Prediction Center 2008 Monthly Summaries
Storm Prediction Center Preliminary Monthly Tornado Statistics