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 across Iowa, according to a new data tool from the Iowa ...

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 toppled trees and power lines, resulting in damage to ...

Five years ago this week, a devastating wind storm called a derecho blasted across Iowa and several other states, causing catastrophic damage to structures, crops and trees. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is now offering an interactive map that ...

With one round of thunderstorms causing power outages for thousands of MidAmerican Energy customers and more storms on the way, some Iowans may be worried about a derecho. The powerful storms can bring hurricane-strength winds to Midwestern states like ...

COMING THIS WEEKEND. AND THANK YOU. MOTHER NATURE LEFT A MESS IN THE SMALL SOUTHERN IOWA TOWN. THIS IS A LOOK AT LINVILLE DOWN IN WAYNE COUNTY. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE’S TREES AND ALL SORTS OF DEBRIS, TORN METAL JUST STREWN ABOUT THE PLACE. KCCI MARCUS ...

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 a long-lived line of storms with extreme winds.