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Several major roads in Iowa City were closed due to storm debris, including Interstate 380 between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids. [64] Four state parks were closed through the end of August for cleanup; [ 65 ] as of December 2020, [update] all had reopened except Palisades-Kepler State Park, which was closed indefinitely due to storm damage until ...
One of the most powerful inland hurricanes, known as a derecho, on record left over $11 billion of estimated damage and millions of Midwestern lives turned upside down. ... 2020, in Cedar Rapids ...
The derecho caused widespread wind damage from Iowa to Indiana, according to a post on X from NOAA. @NOAA 's #GOES16 🛰️ caught the destructive #derecho that swept across the Midwest yesterday ...
The August 2020 Midwest Derecho delivered a maximum measured wind speed of 56 m/s (109 kn), with damage-estimated speeds as high as 63 m/s (120 kn) in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area. [27] The storm was referred to as one of the largest "land-based hurricanes" in recorded history spawning 17 confirmed tornadoes across Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana.
May 3, 2020: Second derecho in a week, originating from the same spot. Hit Nashville, Tennessee just 2 months after a tornado devastated part of the city. 130,000 people lost power, making it the largest power outage in the cities history. It was said to be the worst derecho in 16 years. [67] June 2020 Pennsylvania–New Jersey derecho: June 3 ...
A derecho - a fast-moving band of storms, often with hurricane-force winds - hit the nation's Corn Belt on August 10. Iowa Derecho Is Most Devastating U.S. Storm Ever In Financial Cost Skip to ...
The storm killed at least 5 people directly, as well as 2 people indirectly through wildfires partly spawned by the storm, and caused at least $1.8 billion (2021 USD) in damages. [4] The number of tornadoes in this event broke a record for largest outbreak in the month of December that had been set less than a week prior .
A line of thunderstorms last week which produced 21 tornadoes in Iowa was classified as a derecho, the National Weather Service announced Monday.