Pigs on the Loose as Tornado Destroys Barns in Iowa

A tornado flatted some livestock barns in Williams, Iowa, on April 7, with video by storm chaser Paul Spomer showing the aftermath.

Spomer said there had been no reports of injuries.

“Glad everybody’s OK here,” he says in the video. Credit: Paul Spomer via Storyful

Video transcript

PAUL SPOMER: OK, here I am on site of the barn that was just destroyed by the tornado. And there was nobody here. Everybody's OK. We do have some hogs that are on the loose now. We've got debris strewn across the field here.

From what I can tell, this is, like, EF1 damage maybe since this was a hog barn, but we'll leave that to the surveyors. Just glad everybody's OK here. And I did ask permission to be taking these videos and was given permission, so I am not trespassing.

OK, here I am on site of the barn that was just destroyed by the tornado. And there was nobody here. Everybody's OK. We do have some hogs that are on the loose now. We've got debris strewn across the field here.

From what I can tell, this is, like, EF1 damage maybe since this was a hog barn, but we'll leave that to the surveyors. Just glad everybody's OK here. And I did ask permission to be taking these videos and was given permission, so I am not trespassing.