(Washington, DC) — Two Iowa congresswomen have sent a joint letter to the National Weather Service about delayed warnings concerning the deadly March 5th tornadoes. US Representatives Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, and Cindy Axne, a Democrat from West Des Moines, are asking for information about the specific steps the agency is going to take to fix the issues. They also want Acting Director Mary Erickson to explain what caused the delays in getting notifications to people when the storms were approaching. Several alerts were delayed by as much as two-to-seven minutes – though the delays didn’t apparently play a role in the fatalities suffered.
