An intense derecho affected much of the Midwestern United States on August 10–11, 2020, primarily eastern Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana. It caused high winds and spawned an outbreak of weak tornadoes .

Aug 10, 2020 · Widespread, destructive straight line winds blew across central Iowa during the day on August 10, 2020. The highest official wind gusts measured was 99 mph at the Marshalltown Airport with an unofficial wind gust of 106 mph at Le Grand (east of Marshalltown).

On August 10, 2020, with very little time to prepare, a "derecho" hit the City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, bringing wind speeds of 140 mph and causing widespread devastation throughout our community. The unprecedented straight-line windstorm damaged every corner of our 75 square mile city and impacted every resident in some way.

Aug 10, 2020 · A powerful line of severe thunderstorms known as a "Derecho" tracked across eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois on the afternoon of Monday, August 10th resulting in widespread straight line wind damage.

Aug 10, 2020 · A derecho (long-lived line of thunderstorms with intense winds) produce widespread wind damage across Iowa, northern Illinois, and northern Indiana on August 10, 2020. Many areas had hurricane-force wind speeds in excess of 75 mph, including some 100-115 mph wind gusts in eastern Iowa. Eleven tornadoes also occurred across northern Illinois.

Aug 10, 2021 · More than half the derecho’s damage — at least $7.5 billion, according to the state — came just in Iowa. And nowhere in Iowa was the damage more severe than in Cedar Rapids and Linn County,...

Sep 10, 2020 · Heavy straight-line winds destroyed a grain elevator in Luther, Iowa. The storm, a derecho, ripped through central Iowa mid-morning on Aug. 10, 2020, taking down trees and leaving at least...

Aug 10, 2022 · A derecho swept across the states of South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio on Monday, August 10, 2020, leaving behind widespread and utterly devastating...

Aug 13, 2020 · With gusts up to 112 mph, an intense derecho downed trees, smashed sheds, flattened crops and damaged homes and buildings across a long stretch of the Midwest on Monday. Injuries were reported in...

Dec 15, 2020 · The 2020 Midwest Derecho that impacted Iowa and its surrounding states saw wind gusts up to 110-140 miles per hour across a 700-mile front, caused widespread damage to infrastructure and the environment, and generated upwards of $4 billion in …