derecho

The June 29 derecho caused quite a bit of tree damage in southeast Iowa and western Illinois. An expert from the University of Illinois Extension has advice on how to recover from it.

The USDA and the states of Illinois and Iowa have each issued disaster declarations because of storms this spring and summer.

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 future of derechos will look like.

A year ago this month, a powerful derecho slammed into Iowa, destroying homes and displacing scores of people. Among the hardest hit were refugees in…

A year ago this month (on August 10, 2020), a powerful derecho swept across Iowa, decimating generations-old forests in a matter of minutes and downing…

Farmers are wrapping up the harvest in much of the Corn Belt and finally seeing how much they can get out of derecho-damaged fields. The August...

Severe storm systems swept across Iowa on Monday, downing trees and snapping power lines, tearing roofs off buildings, leveling grain silos, and leaving…