Weather officials confirmed a derecho struck Iowa on Tuesday — the fourth one in the state in less than two years. The straight-line windstorm — along with hail reported in some areas — cut through ...
The National Weather Service tweeted that Thursday's storm that hit northwest Iowa looked like it "met the definition of a derecho." The term derecho (duh-RAY'-choh) was coined in 1888 by University ...
Storms across Iowa on Tuesday and Wednesday brought high winds, rain, hail and temporary power outages for thousands of MidAmerican Energy customers. The eerily dark skies and morning timing had ...
The line of severe storms that swept across Iowa Friday morning was in fact a derecho. That confirmation came from the Storm Prediction Center, which determined the powerful system met its criteria ...
(KWWL) -- Tuesday marks 1 year since the devastating derecho tore through Iowa and other parts of the country, causing more than $11 billion in damage. From the federal to the state level, Iowa's ...
(This story was updated to add new information on the increased risk of severe weather in Iowa.) With one round of thunderstorms causing power outages for thousands of MidAmerican Energy customers and ...
The hardest nut to crack after the 2020 derecho that caused an estimated $7.5 billion damage in Iowa is how emergency management officials can communicate with each other to help the public when phone ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Just because the pandemic was happening didn't mean that mother nature took a break. Last year on this day, the most costly thunderstorm in U.S. history tore through several ...