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The children and their parents, from Blue Springs, Missouri, were visiting their grandmother, Melissa Bazley, 63, when the tornado hit. The storm killed Bazley, 37-year-old Michael Bolger and two of his three young children.
Delays of up to 9 minutes before warnings reached public blamed on technical issues
The National Weather Service reported over two dozen reports of tornadoes flattening houses and downing power lines as storms Saturday evening moved across Iowa
The risk of spring flooding on the Mississippi River, as well as its tributaries, including the Cedar and Iowa rivers, is below normal, the National Weather Service reported Thursday.
The temperature outside when she was found by facility staff members was minus 8 degrees, officials said.
Iowa City property owners are reminded to clear the full width of the sidewalk of any snow and ice within 24 hours of a snowfall to avoid getting fined. Individuals who are out of town should make arrangements to have their snow cleared.
Forecasters are predicting that a winter storm could dump nearly a foot of snow in parts of Iowa, though the heaviest snowfall is predicted to fall west of Cedar Rapids and Iowa City.
The city of Cedar Rapids continues to seek volunteers for its Snow Buddies program to help residents in need of assistance clear snow. Nine of the 29 “Snow Buddies” clients still need to be paired with volunteers.
Others delayed by two hours
Eastern Iowans awoke to bitter wind chills Sunday morning after a winter storm dropped roughly about 5.5 to 7.5 inches overnight.
The coldest weather of this winter will arrive on New Year’s Day, with wind chills expected to reach 10 or more degrees below zero by morning and snowfall reaching up to 8 inches during the day.
The National Weather Service predicted Cedar Rapids would see 2 to 3 inches of snow Tuesday, while Iowa City would see 1 to 2 inches. Other past of Eastern Iowa could see up to 4 inches.
Tornadoes are extremely rare in Iowa in December. Minnesota, which had never had a tornado in December, also had tornado warnings and a possible sighting.
A line of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes that swept across the Midwest last week was the result of a serial derecho — the first on record in December, officials with the National Weather Service said Monday.
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