Articles Tagged: Iowa Derecho 2020

The Gazette CEDAR RAPIDS – All 21 of the Cedar Rapids Community School District’s elementary schools will be open for …

CEDAR RAPIDS – It has been nearly a month since winds of more than 100 mph tore through Eastern Iowa …

Just one week before the Aug. 10 storm hit, my aunt and cousins came to visit. It was the first …

CEDAR RAPIDS – When the derecho blew its destructive winds through Cedar Rapids and surrounding counties Aug. 10, Matt Majeski …

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue declared 18 Iowa counties natural disaster areas Thursday, making farmers eligible for federal assistance in …

The Federal Emergency Management Center has opened a disaster recovery center in Cedar Rapids and also says it may be …

About 5,100 Mediacom customers still are without internet as of Thursday at 4 p.m., spokeswoman Phyllis Peters told The Gazette. …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Tanager Place has announced a new program to help those struggling as a result of the derecho …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Layer upon layer of issues – coronavirus pandemic, unemployment, housing and food insecurity, mental health and a …

Food producers who were dealing with supply chain disruptions related to COVID-19 and drought, now face tough decisions related to …

‘I have been crying for trees ever since the storm. It’s just heartbreaking!” ‘Everything around me is dead and/or destroyed. …

Eastern Iowa counties, including Benton, Cedar and Tama, that sustained damage in the Aug. 10 derecho storm have been approved …

Nineteen Cedar Rapids families on housing assistance whose homes were badly damaged by the Aug. 10 derecho are struggling to …

It’s not a matter of if, but when federal assistance will be available for Iowans who suffered damage in the …

CEDAR RAPIDS – When Eight Days of Hope leaders asked their team members for volunteers to staff the laundry trailer …