Weather

More than half of the counties are in northeast Iowa, where flooding has been occurring.

Hurricane Ida appears to maintain its intensity and eyewall even after landfall in Louisana, thanks likely to a rare and unusual effect known as the 'brown ocean.'

Areas of Bremer and Fayette counties appear to have been hit the hardest.

Nearly nine inches of rain was reported near Nashua.

The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued an "Excessive Heat Watch" for more than half the state of Iowa on Wednesday, July 28. Heat indices in the watch area are expected to reach as high as 102-110*. Highs will be in the lower 90s on Monday, the middle 90s Tuesday, and near 100* on Wednesday. A...

As another round of sweltering heat is ready to make us sweat this weekend. As of Friday morning, the southern half of Iowa (including Cedar Rapids) is in a Heat Advisory for Saturday with heat index values as high as 105*. The Heat Index is a measure of how hot it really feels when relative humidity is factored in with the actual air temperature. Our bodi...

Finally, eastern Iowa got some much-needed rain. What the region didn't need, though, was the severe weather that came with the precipitation.

After the first batch of rainfall this morning, the day will heat up into the upper-80s, and storms are expected to redevelop and will have the potential to be severe. Damaging winds, large hail, and even tornadoes are a possibility. The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center has placed eastern Iowa at a 'Level 2' (Slight) risk of severe weather this afternoon. ...

Iowa has seen some tragic tornadoes over the years, but one in particular is remembered as infamous. It was an F5 twister that destroyed nearly everything in an Iowa town.

After a relatively slow start to the spring storm season, multiple tornadoes were reported across many parts of Iowa Sunday afternoon and evening. Here's video of a twister that struck Pella, Iowa including some of the damage it caused.