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#7 staff story: Severe Iowa weather
We've surveyed our staff members and readers for their opinions, and the results are in. Between now and Jan. 1, we'll be unveiling readers' choices for the top 10 news stories of the year - one story per day. Here's the #7 story of the year, as voted by Gazette staffers.
Iowa's weather makes headlines when a storm system in July produces more than 100 mph straight-line winds that cause extensive damage in Benton County and surrounding area on July 11; flash flooding in Dubuque area on July 27-28; blizzard cripples East Iowa on Feb. 1.
THE YEAR'S COVERAGE:
- Feb. 1: Plows pulled from roads as snow, wind continue
- Feb. 2: Deputy describes movie scene of abandoned cars on U.S. 61
- Feb. 2: Blizzard fueled by ‘exact recipe'
- Feb. 2: Weather Stories: Hospitals, Iowa City digs out, rescue crews
- Feb. 3: Historic storm passes but cleanup remains
- July 12: A first-person account of Monday's storm in Vinton
- July 19: Benton County needs more volunteers after devastating storms
- Aug. 2: East Dubuque flood victims blast city
- Aug. 2: Flooding, heat now hurting some Iowa crops
- Aug. 3: Woman survives being swept into Mississippi River
Eric Tjelmeland of the Johnson County Road Department works to clear a snow drift on Herbert Hoover Highway near the Johnson-Cedar County line on the morning of Friday, February 4, 2011, with a snow blower attached to a wheel loader. Tjelmeland said it's rare that snowfall is great enough that they have to use the snow blower. (Matt Nelson/The Gazette)
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