Portions of Red Haw State Park will reopen today, more than two months after a deadly tornado swept through Lucas County and the Chariton area, destroying much of the park's infrastructure and foliage. Park manager Bonnie Friend says the March 5th twister killed a man...
Preliminary information from the National Weather Service has confirmed eight tornadoes were part of Tuesday night's storms. The weather service rated two of those tornadoes as EF-2s on the scale which classifies zero as the weakest and five as the strongest. Those...
A storm front pushed hazardous weather through the state Tuesday afternoon and evening, spawning hail and damaging winds in some areas. National Weather Service meteorologist Rod Donovan says northern Iowa took the brunt of it. "We did have a couple of tornado...
March proved to be a mixed bag when it came to temperatures and precipitation. State Climatologist Justin Glisan says things were slightly wetter than normal. "Precipitation we were above average across much of the state -- seven-tenths of an inch preliminarily....
As part of Severe Weather Awareness Week, Iowans are urged to take part in this morning's statewide tornado drill. Meteorologist Alex Krull, at the National Weather Service in metro Des Moines, says with the number of deadly tornadoes that have already hit Iowa in...
The experts are still studying the series of ten tornadoes that touched down in Iowa on March 5th, claiming seven lives and damaging or destroying dozens of houses. Meteorologist Dennis Todey, director of the U.S.D.A.'s Midwest Climate Hub in Ames, says the strength...
The Director of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources says it is going to take some time to clean up the damage to the Red Haw State Park near Chariton which was hit by a tornado Saturday. Directory Kayla Lyons updated the Natural Resources Commission today. "The...
A disaster recovery fund set up by the Greater Madison County Community Foundation is taking donations to support families impacted by Saturday's deadly tornado. The EF4 twister damaged or destroyed more than 50 Winterset-area homes. Foundation manager Tom Leners says...
The National Weather Service has upgraded the rating of the tornado which left six dead in Madison County Saturday. The tornado was upgraded from an EF3 to an EF4, the second-highest on the rating scale. The weather service says the tornado developed just north of...
The experts now say at least four tornadoes touched down in southern Iowa late Saturday afternoon, claiming seven lives and damaging or destroying more than 50 homes. Meteorologist Chad Hahn, at the National Weather Service, says much of the area that was hit by the...