Iowa's drought has now lasted 188 weeks, according to the state climatologist, making it the longest since the 1950s; Some rain is coming, but it will take far more to break the cycle, says an ...

About four-fifths of Iowa is gripped in a drought that's now become the state's longest since the 1950s, new reports show. According to the latest update of the U.S. Drought Monitor, 84% of Iowa ...