Millions of acres of damaged farmland across Iowa can be seen from space after a deadly derecho blasted across the Midwest earlier this week. The National Weather Service (NWS) forecast office in ...

POWER OUTAGES TOP 1 MILLION IN MIDWEST AFTER DERECHO, SOME MAY BE OUT FOR 'DAYS' “This morning I had a farmer reach out to me to say this was the worst wind damage to crops and farm buildings ...

Early estimates say the derecho flattened at least one-third of Iowa's crops – about 10 million ... said the storm left behind more widespread damage than a typical tornado.

it is entirely plausible that the derecho was responsible for a multi-billion-dollar economic cost on its own.” State officials were surveying the damage in hopes that some of the crop may be ...

FARMER SAY THEY HOPE INSURANCE WILL COVER MOST OF THE DAMAGE, BUT THEY DON’T KNOW HOW A Jasper County farmer said Tuesday that any hope of saving crops damaged during Iowa’s derecho is gone ...

He said the damage would have been significantly less if the derecho had occurred in the spring, before crops were tall enough to be caught by the wind. “If you were looking to exert the most ...

THE STATE ESTIMATES THE DERECHO DAMAGED AT LEAST 10 MILLION ... that the state estimates at least one third of Iowa crops sustained damage during the severe storms.The devastation comes as a ...

McNew said Iowa's crop damage is unlikely to have a significant impact on national corn prices. Before the derecho, U.S. farmers were expected to harvest a record 15.2 billion bushels of corn.

Crop damage is also notable north of Woodward where wind gusts may have eclipsed 100 mph. 57 counties were in the derecho's path, with approximately 14 million acres of insured crops—including 8 ...

It’s now harvest season and farmers are dealing with the challenges the derecho left on their crops. Dry weather combined ... left some fields with significant damage. “There are some spots ...

Many Iowa farmers suddenly saw their crops flattened after a ... while sharing satellite images of the damage. The line of thunderstorms, called a derecho, hit the U.S. Midwest hard on Aug ...

Dircks and his wife, Lisa, were wading through the rubble and damage just two days after the derecho hit. “Before the storm hit, we still had a really pretty nice crop coming, actually a real ...