Weather

After 16 years of covering nearly every type of disaster in Eastern Iowa, meteorologist Kaj O’Mara is leaving KCRG to pursue forensic meteorology.

While historical trends are tough to analyze, severe weather of the future may shift to be more variable and severe.

River communities could enter flood action stages as soon as this weekend, cresting toward the end of April and beginning of May.

Eastern Iowa saw hail and strong wind gusts, and tornadoes were reported in south-central Iowa and Illinois.

Also, governor adds 6 more counties to disaster declaration

The National Weather Service Quad Cities bureau doubled down on projection of a moderate risk of severe weather Tuesday — the second-highest warning level.

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As residents and businesses continue to recover from last week’s storms, there’s a new concern: getting debris cleaned up ahead of another band of severe storms expected Tuesday.

Residents are still reeling from Friday’s storms, which formed at least 16 tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service’s latest update.

At least one of the tornadoes that tore across Iowa Friday afternoon has been classified as an EF 4, the second-highest rating available on the scale that’s used to measure the storms. The National Weather Service reports there were at least 11 injuries from the storms.

A powerful line of storms — including several possible tornadoes — swept across Iowa Friday, toppling trees, flipping cars and tearing roofs off homes.