Iowa's spring is underway with thunderstorms, hail and even a tornado hitting the state April 17 ... Kate Kealey is a general assignment reporter for the Des Moines Register.

This tornado has been on the ground now for about 30 minutes. Oh my God, oh my God. No. That silo out there came from all the way out there. Tornadoes reported in Bennett, Colo., damaged buildings ...

Residents in Kentucky and Missouri began sifting through damage in tornado-stricken neighborhoods and clearing debris on Sunday after severe storms swept through parts of the Midwest and South ...