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 ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - The 2020 Derecho storm resulted in $11 billion of damage, according to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration and remains the costliest thunderstorm in U.S. history.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa faced a widespread, straight-line windstorm last August that delivered catastrophic damage to the state's trees, crops and structures. Derechos, very high levels of storm ...

MARION — If one looks hard enough, and knows where to look, one can still see evidence of the lingering damage from the 2020 derecho that flattened millions of acres of crops, crumpled grain bins, ...

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 ...

When a derecho tore through Iowa City and Cedar Rapids on Aug. 10, 2020, residents did not expect to still be recovering two years later. The storm raced across the state with wind gusts clocked ...

Three years ago this week, the most costly thunderstorm in U.S. history tore through the Midwest. The Aug. 10, 2020 derecho brought straight-line winds with speeds of 140 miles per hour to Iowa. The ...

SCOTT COUNTY, Iowa — The Iowa DNR has a total of $250,000 to give out for a community-based tree planting program to help the state recover from the 2020 derecho. Local governments, schools, volunteer ...

Corn plants blanketed Morey Hill's fields last fall. But they weren't part of the record harvest he had been expecting. They were sprouting from millions of seeds left in the wake of the ...