It was essentially like a hurricane coming through the Midwest without advance notice.
The National Guard was scheduled to arrive in Cedar Rapids on Friday to assist residents there.continue to deal with the aftermathThe storm, with straight-line winds that reached nearly 100 mph in parts of Iowa, swept across Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan before losing steam.
Her comments came as she provided updates on the state's response in Cedar Rapids, where thousands of residents are still coping with the aftermath of Monday's derecho. Cedar Rapids was the state's hardest-hit city, where officials said Thursday the damage left by Monday’s derecho was more extensive than the 2008 flood that destroyed much of its downtown.
A spokesman for ITC Midwest – which maintains much of the transmission infrastructure for Alliant and other utilities – said Monday’s derecho caused the worst damage to transmission lines in the company’s history, theCedar Rapids city manager Jeff Pomeranz said the storm touched every square mile of the city of 133,000 people, destroyed thousands of trees, damaged homes and businesses and prompted a record number of calls for emergency assistance.
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