"Friday's Derecho Traps Iowa Officer, Spurs Statewide Emergency"
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The National Weather Service has classified a storm system that moved from Nebraska through Iowa into Illinois as a derecho, characterized by widespread, long-lived windstorms with wind gusts of 58 mph or greater and damage extending over 240 miles. The extent of the damage and the presence of any tornadoes are still being assessed.
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- Gov. Reynolds Adds Marion County, Nine Others, to Proclamation of Disaster Emergency KNIA KRLS Radio
- Friday morning's storms classified as a derecho | News | kimt.com KIMT 3
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