Less than a week after an EF3 tornado tore through the Vermeer manufacturing campus, some product lines are already back to full production. Company officials are also projecting that the entire product line will follow suit in the next 30 to 45 days. Vermeer Corp’s officials, in a conference call Tuesday afternoon, updated the construction…
EF3 tornado strikes Vermeer
PELLA — Vermeer will rebuild. But it will take some time. Vermeer CEO and President Jason Andringa speculated Friday the Vermeer complex in eastern Pella might be up to half its normal production in “the near term.” Production of some sort is expected to begin at the complex early next week. Getting operations back to…
UPDATE: Weather service raises Iowa tornado total, rates 3
MARSHALLTOWN — The cleanup continues in Marshalltown after Thursday’s devastating tornadoes. Chainsaws buzzed across effected areas of town as residents and volunteers picked up branches and debris and hauled it to the curb. More than 1,500 homes and businesses were damaged by the storms in this city of 27,000. Of those, 35 were destroyed and…
Pella tornado rated EF3
PELLA — The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Pella was an EF3 packing winds of more than 140 mph. The announcement was made Friday afternoon after damage assessment teams spent part of the day in Pella. Tornadoes are rated based on damage on a scale of EF0 to EF5. The rating makes…