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Forecasters look to learn from deadly Midwest wind storm

by Associated Press
| August 15, 2020 7:03 AM

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The unusual wind storm that damaged farms, homes and cities across the Midwest this past week could offer lessons for forecasters and the public on how to better prepare for something that packed the power of a category 3 hurricane but lacked the days of warning a typical hurricane offers.

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