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 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 ...

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, ...

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 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 ...

(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 ...

A NEW REPORT SHOWS THE AUGUST DERECHO IN IOWA IS ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE DISASTERS IN THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY. THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION REPORT SAYS THE STORM COST ...

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 ...

Nearly 200 science faculty from 26 colleges and universities across Iowa endorsed the 15th annual Iowa Climate Statement, ...