Tornado heavily damages Iowa cemetery


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Tornado heavily damages Iowa cemetery

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The May 25 EF-5 tornado in northeast Iowa heavily damaged grave markers and trees in Oak Hill Cemetery in New Hartford.

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DMRegister

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Des, Moines, Register, DMRegister, tornado, New, Hartford, Iowa, Oak, Hill, Cemetery, EF-5, Baumert,

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