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The derecho was at its strongest when it moved across the Cedar Rapids area of eastern Iowa. Based on the severity of damage observed, the NWS estimated that wind gusts of 130–140 mph (210–230 km/h) impacted parts of Benton and Linn counties in Iowa, including downtown Cedar Rapids and Marion.
The Kickapoo Valley Reserve asked for assistance in cleaning up tree damage during the storm. Following the derecho, research was put in to determine if this storm, plus the tornado outbreak five days earlier, were connected to climate change. [217] Around half of Iowa was declared a disaster area following the storm. [218]
EF2 tornado damage to a home south of Gary, South Dakota. The derecho affected portions of northeastern Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, southeastern North Dakota, and South Dakota. Its strong winds lofted and accumulated a thick cloud of dust, resulting in a haboob that accompanied the derecho. [8]
A derecho - a fast-moving band of storms, often with hurricane-force winds - hit the nation's Corn Belt on August 10. Iowa Derecho Is Most Devastating U.S. Storm Ever In Financial Cost Skip to ...
One of the most powerful inland hurricanes, known as a derecho, on record left over $11 billion of estimated damage and millions of Midwestern lives turned upside down. For the thousands of ...
The derecho caused widespread wind damage from Iowa to Indiana, according to a post on X from NOAA. @NOAA 's #GOES16 🛰️ caught the destructive #derecho that swept across the Midwest yesterday ...
Another derecho formed in southwestern Nebraska late on May 23 and moved eastward, producing widespread wind damage and weak tornadoes through Nebraska and Iowa and northwestern Illinois before withering away in the northern part of the state during the morning hours of May 24.
No thunderstorm in history has caused as much damage in dollar cost as the August Iowa derecho. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimated damages from the storm complex to be ...