Officer Bud Samms of the Ames Police Department, assists in clean up at Grand Avenue following Monday’s severe storm. Photo by Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune Monday’s storm snapped a tree down the ...

The straight-line wind storm on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020 ... has moved into central Iowa with straight-line wind speeds of 80 to 100 mph. The storms push toward Ames and Des Moines, damaging ...

2 of 7 — Impacts from the derecho at the Test Iowa site in Cedar ... oaks or elms. The storm crushed cars, toppled semis, and leveled farm outbuildings. All of Ames is out of power.

New trade agreements between the Trump administration and Japan and China also provided some optimism at the start of 2020. But the impact from Covid-19, and now the storm, have dampened spirits.