Weather

The National Weather Service placed the Corridor on a winter storm warning between 6 p.m. Wednesday until 6 a.m. Saturday in advance of a major winter storm bringing high winds and, with them, a bitter wind chill of some 30 to 40 degrees below zero.

All of Iowa was put under a winter storm watch Monday afternoon, although estimates of snowfall between Wednesday and Friday remained uncertain -- but with strong winds, forecasters nonetheless were predicting blizzard conditions are possible.

NEWSTRACK | CATCHING UP ON AN EARLIER STORY: In east-central Iowa, the crops south of Interstate 80 fared worse than those north of the interstate.

NEWSTRACK | CATCHING UP ON AN EARLIER STORY: In east-central Iowa, the crops south of Interstate 80 fared worse than those north of the interstate.

Cedar Rapids, along with most of Eastern Iowa,could see two to three inches of snow by Thursday evening, according to predictions from the National Weather Service’s Des Moines office.

Five experts discussed the widespread impacts of extreme weather during an hour-long panel at Iowa Ideas 2022

The 4-plus years since Justin Glisan was hired have included historic droughts, flooding and storms like the 2020 derecho.

Double rainbow over Ely

A journalism partnership of more than 14 newsrooms — including The Gazette — asked climate scientists to analyze 50 years of rainfall patterns. They found that some parts of the U.S. now receive up to 8 more inches of rain each year than they did 50 years ago.

But the area will quickly warm for a nice weekend.

Iowa government agencies, businesses and individuals are pitching in to help Florida and other Southern states recover from Hurricane Ian’s devastation

Drought conditions are likely to develop over the southern half of Iowa in August as the month starts with a string of abnormally hot days with little chance for rain.