reporter natalie glucklik with ketv talked to one man who survived the storm. >> reporter: this massive of metal blocking larry hill's refrigerator blew in just before dinner. >> that piece of iron came from a building. >> reporter: he and his wife heard the siren and ran for their backyard shelter, but say a twister came too fast. >> so we started back in and wind was blasting out and out and out. go into the bathroom, like you always say, and while we got here, the roof went here. >> reporter: with no other options as the walls began to blow in around them, the couple took cover in this coat closet. >> i was more or less laying on her. laying on her, and i had to get up. i was starting to shake pretty good. >> reporter: it made its wau into thurmon, iowa. the mayor was right underneath it. >> it lasted three to four minutes probably. what seemed like an eternal. >> reporter: when the mayor surveyed the damage, he saw most of the town did not survive, but all of its residents did. >> we had a couple of trees that fell on some homes and people were unable to get out of them, but no majo