Days after derecho, thousands devastated
Eight days after a rare derecho raked Iowa with hurricanestrength winds, thousands are still picking through the pieces of broken homes and hauling fallen trees and other debris from their properties.
About 40,000 customers still don’t have power.
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump promised to approve a request for $180 million in aid for damaged homes and infrastructure in the state.
He also promised additional funding for farmers who were affected by an unusually powerful storm that tore through the state last week.
“We’ll get it taken care of. We’ll get it done very quickly,” he told Gov. Kim Reynolds.