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.

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 ...

Storms that killed at least 21 people across the heart of the nation unleashed what was likely a violent and long-lived tornado across Kentucky, a state that accounted for at least 14 of those deaths.