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High-resolution photos from NASA are giving us a new look at the widespread damage left by the derecho storm that hit the Midwest on Monday, Aug. 10. NASA’s Sentinel-2 satellite shows how ...
The National Weather Service in Des Moines used a UAS overflight and high resolution imagery to identify the tornadoes. Skip to content NOWCAST KCCI News at 6pm Weekday Evening ...
Damage swaths from the derecho seen across Iowa on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. (NWS Des Moines) "Over time will become more easily visible as crops wilt/die," the NWS said .
These satellite images from Google Earth show the drastic change in what Cedar Rapids and Marion looked like before and after the Aug. 10, 2020, derecho. Linn County lost 1 million trees in the ...
26 Photos That Show the Destruction Across Iowa Left By a Deadly Derecho A week after the derecho moved through the state, Iowans are still struggling with the natural disaster's immediate fallout.
Along with a tornado, the storms making up Monday's derecho dumped heavy rain in parts of Iowa. The highest rainfall reports were mainly in eastern Iowa, where the storms were strongest.
The derecho — and the drought that began last year and continues this summer — meant Iowa farmers harvested 11% less corn last year, at 2.3 billion bushels — and 2% fewer soybeans, at 494 ...
It's the second derecho to come through Iowa this year.Wind gusts in Monday's derecho reached an estimated 97 mph in Dubuque County.George Flagg Parkway closed Tuesday after stormGeorge Flagg ...
DES MOINES, Iowa — How could the costliest thunderstorm in United States history be so poorly forecast? Yes, meteorologists mentioned the possibility of severe weather on Aug. 10 last year, but ...
Compared to tornadoes and hurricanes, derechos are relatively obscure. But like the one that swept across central Iowa on Aug. 10, 2020, they pack a destructive wallop. The term derecho (duh-RAY ...