(Radio Iowa) — With more than half the state under a disaster declaration due to flooding, many Iowans don’t need a reminder about how wicked Mother Nature can be. Still, residents who could use a refresher course on the dangers of springtime in Iowa should take note this is Severe Weather Awareness Week. Meteorologist Brooke Hagenhoff at the National Weather Service, says a different topic is covered daily. “Anything from severe thunderstorms to understanding where to get warning information, family preparedness, flooding, tornado safety,” Hagenhoff says. “It’s just to get people thinking about springtime weather, since it is coming our way, making sure people have plans in place.”

Last year, 69 tornadoes touched down in Iowa, with one day standing apart. “Definitely that July 19th event is the one that sticks out,” she says. “That’s the day we had the most tornadoes in one day. Twenty-one of our tornadoes from last season were all in that July 19th event. Certainly, the memorable tornadoes were through the Pella, Marshalltown and Bondurant areas.”  As part of this week’s educational events, Hagenhoff says a statewide tornado drill is set for Wednesday morning.

“We’ll have a test tornado watch that will go out at 10 AM and then at 10:15, we will issue a test tornado warning,” Hagenhoff says. “We recommend people take it seriously and act as they would for a normal tornado warning, taking the appropriate actions so that we can practice our severe weather protocols.” Learn more about severe weather at www.weather.gov.

A traffic stop at around 11:15-p.m. Sunday, resulted in an arrest for alcohol and drug charges. Red Oak Police report 40-year old Laura Marie Tepoel, of Red Oak, was arrested for OWI/1st offense, Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana, Possession of meth and possession of drug paraphernalia. Tepoel was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 bond.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:50 a.m. CDT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Rain storms expected later this week could lead to another crest along the Missouri River and its tributaries just as residents are cleaning up from this spring’s flooding. National Weather Service hydrologist Kevin Low said that more than an inch of rain is expected to fall in Nebraska and Iowa later this week.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lottery officials say the Powerball jackpot has ballooned to $750 million after no ticket matched all six numbers in the most recent drawing. The numbers drawn Saturday night are 24, 25, 52, 60 and 66, with a Powerball of 5. The next drawing for what would be the fourth-largest jackpot in U.S. history is Wednesday. The odds of winning are roughly 1 in 292.2 million.

FAIRMONT, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of his adult son. The Des Moines Register reports that 59-year-old Daniel Niebuhr of Fairbank was charged Friday in the death of 36-year-old Brock Niebuhr of Dike. The sheriff’s office says Daniel Neibuhr told investigators that he walked up behind his son and shot him in the head as he was on a couch watching television. Authorities have not disclosed a motive.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lottery officials say the Powerball jackpot has ballooned to $750 million after no ticket matched all six numbers in the most recent drawing. The numbers drawn Saturday night are 24, 25, 52, 60 and 66, with a Powerball of 5.

The next drawing for what would be the fourth-largest jackpot in U.S. history is Wednesday. The odds of winning are roughly 1 in 292.2 million. No one has won the Powerball jackpot since the day after Christmas. Twenty-four drawings since then have failed to produce a winner.

The buyers of three tickets shared the country’s largest jackpot. It was a nearly $1.59 billion Powerball prize drawn on Jan. 13, 2016. A South Carolina purchaser won a $1.54 billion Mega Millions jackpot. That was the nation’s second-largest lottery prize ever.