A powerful and widespread wave of windstorms, known as a derecho, ripped through Iowa last week — flattening millions of acres of crops, damaging homes, creating lasting power outages, and leaving four people dead
Two destroyed grain bins at the Heartland Co-Op grain elevator on August 11 in Malcom, Iowa. Photo: Daniel Acker/Getty Images One week after a powerful and widespread wave of windstorms, known as a derecho, ripped its way through Iowa — flattening millions of acres of crops, damaging homes and grain elevators, and leaving four people dead — over 70,000 people are still without power, and many are without access to water, aid, or medical care.
On Monday, three days after Iowa governor Kim Reynolds announced that she was requesting $4 billion in federal assistance, President Trump said that he had signed an emergency declaration for Iowa to provide emergency funds for the state. What kind of damage was done? In addition to the 13 million acres of crops that were damaged, officials estimate that about 8,200 homes were extensively damaged or destroyed. According to CNN, in Cedar Rapids alone, more than 20 school buildings were damaged, and more than 800 residential and commercial buildings experienced “full or partial collapse of the roof, walls, ceiling, or floors.”
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