The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Five years ago, destructive prolonged wind gusts of up to 140 mph blew through Iowa, felling trees, ...

The forecast is worrisome: The National Weather Service predicted late-afternoon thunderstorms would congeal into a derecho over eastern South Dakota by the evening of July 28. Then, the storm and ...

Tree damage at Lake Macbride State Park following the 2020 derecho. (Photo courtesy of Iowa Department of Natural Resources) An estimated 2.67 million trees in Iowa forests and another 4.4 million ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — Sunday, Aug. 10, marks five years since the 2020 Midwest Derecho tore across Iowa, leaving a path of destruction that remains visible in many communities. The line of storms ...

Volunteers Gena Steele of Cedar Rapids holds a watering bag as Shawn Barth of Marion waters a newly planted tree during an Earth Day tree planting event hosted by Trees Forever in Cedar Rapids on ...

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 ...

According to NOAA's Storm Prediction Center, a derecho is a widespread, severe windstorm. Although a derecho can produce destruction similar to a tornado, the damage typically occurs in one direction ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) – We’ve been treated to a cool start to August but we’re taking a look at a hot and muggy August from 2020 and how we’re looking for the rest of the month. August 10th, 2020 became ...

(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 ...

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 ...