The Storm Prediction Center of the National Weather Service confirms it was a derecho that blasted across eastern Iowa on Tuesday morning. The powerful storm continued into Illinois and Indiana, where winds topped off at 99 miles an hour. Damage in Iowa is still being...
The powerful storms that thundered across Iowa last night might be classified as another derecho, which would be the third such storm to hit the state in three straight years. Meteorologist Roger Vachalek, at the National Weather Service, says a derecho is a...
Residents and city officials gathered in Cedar Rapids today one year after the devastating derecho that destroyed homes and businesses and knocked out 65 percent of the city’s tree canopy. Mayor Brad Hart spoke at a ceremony in Bever Park. “It’s really...
Volunteers from Delaware County continue making the trip south to Cedar Rapids to help those hit by the derecho. Many of them volunteer through the Delco Circuit Disaster Program of the United Methodist Church. Volunteer Charlie Button says the work they are doing is...
Congressman Randy Feenstra has gotten language included in a House ag bill for wildfires and hurricanes that would also cover the 2020 derecho-related losses . “I am very pleased to see the committee come together working on this bipartisan legislation for our...
