The derecho swept through the Midwest on Aug. 10, 2020, bringing well over 100 mph winds and wreaking havoc in towns across Iowa along the way. Ames people went days without electricity and the city ...

Known as a progressive derecho, the August 2020 storm was ... has moved into central Iowa with straight-line wind speeds of 80 to 100 mph. The storms push toward Ames and Des Moines, damaging ...

Iowa lost an estimated 7.2 million trees in cities and farms when last year's hurricane-force derecho swept across the state, a new Iowa Department of Natural Resources report shows. Cedar Rapids ...

2 of 7 — Impacts from the derecho at the Test Iowa site in Cedar Rapids ... and leveled farm outbuildings. All of Ames is out of power. Ames Electric Services crews are out checking the lines.

Aug. 10, 2020, entered the history books for many Midwest residents when a derecho bearing winds clocked as high as ... and Grinnell but also Des Moines, Ames, Iowa City, and smaller towns, destroying ...

Monday’s derecho started in southern South Dakota. Weather experts are analyzing a wealth of data about Monday’s powerful storm that carved a destructive path across Iowa’s midsection ...

With gusts up to 112 mph, an intense derecho downed ... according to the Iowa Department of Transportation. At one point Interstate 35 was closed in both directions between Ames and Alleman ...

The Derecho that plowed through Iowa Monday ... the promise of power returning to Marshalltown, as well as Ames and other central Iowa communities was not known, but for some areas it could ...

Derechos actually happen with some regularity but are rarely as strong as the 2020 storm.Historically, part of Iowa experiences a derecho every 1-2 years. Since 2010, a total of 14 derechos have ...

The storm, a derecho, ripped through central Iowa mid-morning on Aug. 10, 2020, taking down trees and ... The storms push toward Ames and Des Moines, damaging structures and crops.