Northwestern Iowa was hit by damaging winds ranging from 80 to 100 mph as a powerful storm meteorologists warned had the potential to develop into a derecho moved across the Plains. The high winds ...

Strong storms that brought hurricane-force winds to an area stretching from the Upper Plains to the Midwest have been preliminarily classified by the National Weather Service as a derecho, defined as ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - An estimated 2.67 million trees in Iowa forests and another 4.4 million trees in urban canopies were killed or damaged by the 2020 Midwest derecho that swept ...

Iowa (KCCI) -- Five years ago, a catastrophic derecho swept across Iowa, causing widespread destruction, claiming lives, and leaving a lasting impact on the state. A weather station in Albion, ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Wednesday morning’s storms packed 30 to 50 mph wind gusts, heavy rain and lightning, but it was nothing like the storms that moved through parts of Iowa late Monday night and ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — Weather officials have confirmed a derecho moved through the Quad Cities region Monday night into Tuesday morning. According to the Storm Prediction Center, preliminary information ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Five years ago, pictures told the story of the derecho. The 140 mph winds that hit Eastern Iowa on Aug.

The August 10, 2020 derecho was an incredible wall of storms stretching 400 miles wide, packing sustained winds of up to 140 miles per hour. Millions of trees destroyed, millions of acres of crops ...

Insurance agents report more companies offering rates as market stabilizes following years of severe weather damage ...