Jeff Kirwan, a soybean and corn farmer located south of the Quad-Cities in Mercer County, was playing golf in central Illinois at an event for the Illinois Farm Bureau when the derecho hit in August ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — More than two years after the 2020 derecho destroyed much of the Brucemore historic estate, the attraction’s gates and two statues have been restored — marking a key step in the ...

Midwesterners are becoming more familiar with derechos after two major storms hit the region in as many years. Scientists are grappling with how to define the storms, gather data and predict what the ...

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LOST POWER DURING TUESDAY’S DERECHO. MOST HAVE THEIR POWER RESTORED IN A MATTER OF HOURS. ALLIANT AND MIDAMERICAN ENERGY SAY NEARLY 34,000 OF THEIR CUSTOMERS LOST POWER DURING THAT ...

come tomorrow afternoon, most equipment and supplies will be stored away or strapped down. Typical practice for us is to clean up nightly on the job sites. In this particular case, though, I've asked ...

LINN COUNTY — Residents who live in unincorporated Linn County within the half-mile buffer zone around the cities of Cedar Rapids, Marion, and Hiawatha (zoned as Urban Services Residential — USR) have ...

QUAD CITIES, Iowa/Ill. (KWQC) - It has been two years since a damaging derecho moved through seven midwestern states, including Iowa and Illinois. The sights and sounds of August 10, 2020 will be ...

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 ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Electricity is something people use every day, but during the 2020 derecho 400,000 customers were without this essential service across Iowa. Sunday will mark five years ...

This weekend is the 4 th anniversary of the derecho that swept through the corn belt, hitting Iowa and Illinois with the worst thunderstorm in US history. That same week the low for the marketing year ...

(KWWL) -- In a matter of moments on August 10, 2020, our view of Iowa changed. Buildings and trees that stood for generations were wiped off the map or permanently scarred during the derecho. A year ...

QUAD CITIES, Iowa/Ill. (KWQC) - August 10th, 2020 is a day many soon won’t forget as a powerful line of thunderstorms, known as a derecho, brought 60 to 130 mph winds to parts of the TV6 viewing area.