Weather officials confirmed a derecho struck Iowa on Tuesday — the fourth one in the state in less than two years. The straight-line windstorm — along with hail reported in some areas — cut through ...

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 ...

Today marks two years since a derecho wreaked havoc across multiple Midwest states, causing power outages, demolishing structures and corn fields, and leaving at least four people dead. The ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa faced a widespread, straight-line windstorm last August that delivered catastrophic damage to the state's trees, crops and structures. Derechos, very high levels of storm ...

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 ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - The 2020 Derecho storm resulted in $11 billion of damage, according to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration and remains the costliest thunderstorm in U.S. history.

MARION — If one looks hard enough, and knows where to look, one can still see evidence of the lingering damage from the 2020 derecho that flattened millions of acres of crops, crumpled grain bins, ...

Three years ago this week, the most costly thunderstorm in U.S. history tore through the Midwest. The Aug. 10, 2020 derecho brought straight-line winds with speeds of 140 miles per hour to Iowa. The ...

The line of severe storms that swept across Iowa Friday morning was in fact a derecho. That confirmation came from the Storm Prediction Center, which determined the powerful system met its criteria ...

Insurance companies have paid more than $3.125 billion to settle 223,410 damage claims from policyholders in Iowa, according to the state’s Insurance Division, and that number is expected to grow as ...

Corn plants blanketed Morey Hill's fields last fall. But they weren't part of the record harvest he had been expecting. They were sprouting from millions of seeds left in the wake of the ...