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DESTROYED. NO ONE WAS REPORTED HURT IN THAT TORNADO. MOUNT AIRE IN SOUTHERN IOWA IS DEALING WITH SOME TORNADO AND MAJOR HAIL DAMAGE. SOME HAIL WAS BIGGER THAN BASEBALL SIZED. ����vlog’S ETHAN HUMMEL TALKED TO ONE COUPLE ABOUT THE MESS LEFT BEHIND AND. NOT MANY MOUNT AIRE NEIGHBORS TOOK AS MUCH TORNADO DAMAGE AS THE WINE MILLERS, BUT WITH THE HELP OF THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY, THEY’RE HOPING TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET SOON. WE WORK SO HARD FOR TO BUILD ALL THIS AND THEN BOOM, IT’S GONE. CRAIG AND SUZE WINEMILLER SAY IT FELT LIKE A GUT PUNCH. I BET WE WERE DOWN THERE 30S AND IT WAS OVER THE FRIDAY NIGHT TORNADO SWEPT THROUGH THE BEEF PRODUCERS PROPERTY, DESTROYING THEIR TWO CATTLE SHEDS AND LEAVING A MESS BEHIND. BUT THEN THEIR HELP CAME RIGHT AFTER CRAIG MADE ONE PHONE CALL. HE SAYS 60 PEOPLE CAME ON FOUR WHEELERS TO SAFELY GATHER THE HERD. THEY JUST STARTED BRINGING CATTLE AND BRINGING CATTLE AND BRINGING CATTLE, AND IT WAS IT WAS AMAZING. THE PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP, YOU KNOW, ONE PHONE CALL ON BAM. BUT THE WINE MILLERS CASE IS A UNIQUE ONE. RINGGOLD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR MELISSA STARK SAYS IN MOUNT AIR, MOST OF THE DAMAGE CAME DUE TO HAIL. THE HAIL DAMAGE, I’M SURE, WILL CONTINUE TO ROLL IN FOR DAYS TO COME, AND IT WILL BE A COUPLE OF WEEKS OF CLEANUP, SHE SAYS. THE HAIL PAIRED WITH THE TORNADO SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED OVER 50 HOMES ACROSS THE COUNTY. OVER 20 OF THOSE ARE CURRENTLY DEEMED UNINHABITABLE, YET STILL STARK SAYS THERE IS PLENTY TO BE GRATEFUL FOR. THE COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, AND WE ARE INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE THAT NOBODY WAS INJURED. JUST CONSIDERING THE EXTENT OF DAMAGES THAT WE SEE WITH THAT SUPPORT, HELPING THOSE MUCH MORE USED TO GIVING THAN RECEIVING, LIKE THE WINE MILLERS, PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO SUPPORT US AND TO BE THERE FOR US. THAT WAS HARD. IT’S HARD TO RECEIVE. THE FAMILY HOPES HE’LL BE BACK TO WORK AGAIN IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS IN MOUNT AIRE.