Today. The Governors Office and the Iowa Department of Public Safety awardsheroic acts beyond normal duty. Says the firefighters received the award because of their willingness to risk their own lives to save someone else. Iowa city police are looking for a group of people who robbed a home at gunpoint overnight. Officers responded to 431 south dodge street around 1 this morning. Victims in the home say three men kicked in their front door. One of the suspects pointed a gun at one of the victims. First responders treated a woman for a head injury. Police say the door hit her in the head when they kicked it in. Anyone with information is asked to call Iowa City Police crimestoppers. This midday, people in eastern iowa are cleaning up from last nights storms. A viewer sent us these photos from west branch. Over a semi trailer near a warehouse in toww it also threw some Metal Roofing into the yard. In des moines, people found widespread damage across much of the southwest side. High winds
Some wind gusts not associated with thunderstorms but just general wind coming in weve be talking about the past couple of days that could gust together 40, 50 Miles Per Hour tonight. We will stay with weather until the tornado threat is no longer part of the tv9 then we may be switcng to o 6 00 news. Les take a which had view if we can of the radarar loop because i want to talk to those you in the north up toward dakora fayette and alamakey and clay countz. Youve been seeing some rumbles of thundnd, as well, the cooler weather you saw through the day, the weather has not materialized to the north which is great news what we have been looking for when we watched the weather evolve yesterday. Certainly powerful winds will be moving into your area, as well. But thats not going to happen tomorrow. Not due to the thunderstorms. Are quickly moving through. This radar loop covers two hours. And those storms have been racing along the area just about the severe part of the storms just about m
Only on gma this morning. And good morning, america. Happy thursday. We are looking forward to welcoming diane sawyer back to gma. Of course, she has that interview with Jennifer Lawrence. Two kentucky women and theyre going to dig into that pay gap issue, an important debate for women everywhere. That is a little later. Always great to have diane in the studio with us. We begin with that large storm sweeping across the country. Ten reported tornadoes, nearly two feet of snow in some areas and wind gusts topping 80 miles an hour. Abcs rob marciano is in chicago this morning and starts us off. Good morning, rob. Good morning, robin. The winds howling all night long in chicago. The flags along Michigan Avenue for the most part have been 0 horizontal. 49mileanhour wind gust at the airport. 53 in west chicago. Even the big skyway bridge, flying debris. Thats just the win. This storm is whipping up snow and Severe Weather across the midwest. [ sirens ] reporter overnight, a massive storm sy
First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on a very windy day. Well have gusts around 50 mph, especially this morning. If today is your trash day, keep an eye on the bins, especially once they have been emptied out. Give high profile vehicles some extra room as well. The wind should continue right into friday, though the gusts probably wont be any worse than 30mph by then. Our weekend still looks great with highs well into the 50s both days. Our weather turns active again as we head into next week crews and families around iowa will be cleaning up neighborhood crews and families around iowa will be cleaning up neighborhood s after Severe Weather crossed the state. Most of eastern iowa was on watch for tornados yesterday afternoon, when the sun had already set. In des moines, people found widespread damage across much of the southwest side. High winds blew through and in seconds these massive oak trees crumbled. Strong winds shattered the glass on the seco
Give high profile vehicles some extra room as well. The wind should continue right into friday, though the gusts probably wont be any worse than 30mp by then. O weekd still lookk great with highsswell into thh 50s bbh days. Our weather turns active again as we head into next week thanks kaj. Crews and families around iowa will be cleaning up neighborhood s after Severe Weather crossed the state. Most of eastern iowa was on tch for tornados yesterday afternoon, when the sun had already set. In des moines, people found the southwe side. High winds blew through and n seconds these massive oak trees crumbled. Strong winds shattered the glass on the second floor an Elementary School. It s base. Y heart just stopped i couldn believe how much damage happened in uch a short amount of time itss unbeliebable. Whether the damage there was the result of Straight Line winds or an actual tornado is up for debate. The nntional Weather Service will be surveying the area to make that official determina