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An estimated 2.67 million trees in Iowa forests and another 4.4 million trees in urban canopies were killed or damaged by the ...
Sunday marks five years since a record-breaking and devastating derecho moved across the state of Iowa.The August 10th, 2020 ...
Sunday, Aug. 10, marks 5 years since one of the worst storms in U.S. history. Iowa's tree population has yet to recover.
On August 10, 2020, a man watched as his business's roof was blown off by the powerful winds of a derecho while he sheltered ...
Five years ago, pictures told the story of the derecho. The 140 mph winds that hit Eastern Iowa on Aug. 10, 2020, downed ...
Last August's derecho traveled 770 miles as straight-line winds decimated crops and shattered homes in Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota and Wisconsin. It caused more than $11.5 billion in damage.
August 10, 2020 is a day many in eastern Iowa remember vividly as sunny skies quickly turned dark and winds picked up for ...
A downed power line leans over a street in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Aug. 16, 2020. A rare Derecho storm battered large sections of Cedar Rapids leaving people homeless and without power.
Damage swaths from the derecho seen across Iowa on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. (NWS Des Moines) "Over time will become more easily visible as crops wilt/die," the NWS said.
More than 70,000 Iowans — including just under 40,000 in the Cedar Rapids area —remained without power Monday, Aug. 17, one week after a derecho destroyed trees, damaged homes and brought down ...
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 ...
The derecho — and the drought that began last year and continues this summer — meant Iowa farmers harvested 11% less corn last year, at 2.3 billion bushels — and 2% fewer soybeans, at 494 ...