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An ice storm coats the ground in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Dec. 14, 2024. "First responders, including Trooper Hutson near Mondamin, are assisting with multiple crashes across our state," the Iowa ...
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 ...
A tornado warning has been issued for Bellevue and areas on the Iowa-Illinois border. The warning continues until 8:30 a.m. 7:45 a.m.: Tree, power line damage reported after storms in Colfax, Iowa
Several major roads in Iowa City were closed due to storm debris, including Interstate 380 between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids. [64] Four state parks were closed through the end of August for cleanup; [ 65 ] as of December 2020, [update] all had reopened except Palisades-Kepler State Park, which was closed indefinitely due to storm damage until ...
The flooding of Cedar Rapids and Iowa City were the most significant events. Recovery, in particular for Cedar Rapids, is considered to be a protracted and costly affair. For Iowa City, the level of damage was less than expected, but that of Cedar Rapids was greater than anticipated.
Flooding continued as long as two weeks with central Iowa and Cedar Rapids being hardest hit. The upper Mississippi Valley experienced flooding in Missouri and Illinois as the region's estuaries drained the floodwater into the river. The flood left thirteen dead and damage region-wide was estimated to be in the tens of billions of dollars.
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for southwestern Cedar, east central Johnson and northwestern Muscatine counties until 7:45 p.m. 7:15 p.m.: Southeast Des Moines metro ...
Cedar Rapids and the Quad Cities itself, both within the forecast office's coverage area, [4] were among the most affected areas by the storm, which caused an estimated $11 billion (2020 USD) in damage and is the costliest individual thunderstorm in United States history.