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A Cedar Rapids nonprofit born out of the disaster caused by the 2020 derecho is working today to meet some very different ...
The August 2020 derecho inflicted billions of dollars in damage across the Midwest, including a massive economic impact in ...
Five years ago, destructive prolonged wind gusts of up to 140 mph blew through Iowa, felling trees, flattening crops, ripping ...
"It was chaos. So no cell service, no electricity, you couldn't cook food. Just driving through the community. Just trying to ...
Born out of the 2020 derecho, the Cedar Rapids Neighborhood P.A.C.T. Program breaks down what you can do before an emergency ...
Nearly one million of the trees felled in the 2020 derecho were in Linn County alone, and the damage left rural and urban ...
On Thursday Cedar Rapids Mayor Tiffany O'Donnell joined Iowa's News Now this morning to talk about several key issues facing ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Sunday marks the five year anniversary of the 2020 Derecho that hit eastern Iowa. On Friday, ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KWWL) – The city of Cedar Rapids released its derecho After-Action report on Friday, just 2 days after the Linn County Emergency Management Agency released its derecho ...
Six months after the derecho carved a path of devastation across Iowa, the city of Cedar Rapids is moving forward with a reforestation plan. The city estimates that some 70 percent of the public ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia. — On a once-quiet street in the Mound View neighborhood, chainsaws have rattled for nearly a week as neighbors work to remove trees from their roofs, cars and the middle of the ...
Editors and reporters work in a temporary newsroom space at Color Web in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. After the derecho storm on Monday, Aug. 10, left the Gazette staff without power ...