Today is a Weather Alert day across Iowa.Thunderstorms developed over far southwest and southern Iowa earlier today. The storms are arriving in Des Moines and central Iowa before hitting northern and eastern Iowa by 8 p.

A dangerous storm system is expected to sweep through the St. Louis region Friday evening, bringing the potential for destructive winds and fast-moving tornadoes, with the metro area under a Level 4 out of 5 risk for severe weather. Edward Coristine was most recently in his freshman year at Northeastern University, where he studied engineering.