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Muddy wet countryside corn field and dark storm clouds. (Adobe Stock │ #259019240 - Przemyslaw Iciak)
Disaster, Floods, Iowa, Midwestern Region, Regional Roundup, Tornado

Sheltering program to conclude in May

The Disaster Recovery Temporary Housing Program, established for Iowans affected by severe storms, will end on May 14. Read More

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)
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Midwest region received heavy rainfall

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)
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Windy conditions impacted High Plains



Hay bales (Photo: Sydney Peterson, West Des Moines, Iowa)

March 24 to 28 is Severe Weather Awareness Week in Iowa

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Violent storms dominated the weather headlines

USDA

Rollins: USDA to have aid available after storms

Agriculture’s balance sheet in 2025 

Ice damage from 2020: An early-season ice storm cuts power to neighborhoods and communities in central and western Oklahoma in October 2020. (Photo by Todd Johnson, OSU Agriculture)

Have a plan for September’s National Preparedness Month

(Journal stock photo.)

Cover crops are part of disaster recovery

Iowa establishes disaster recovery website

storms (Journal photo by Lacey Newlin)

ISU offers online storm cleanup resources