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Monday’s derecho damaged 10M acres of crops in Iowa; 600K still without power in Midwest – USA TODAY
Iowa was especially hard hit, as the potent windstorm devastated the state’s power grid and flattened valuable corn fields.
Intense winds blasted through Chicago on Aug. 10, blowing the roof off of a building into oncoming traffic.
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- Officials said full recovery from the storm will take several weeks.
- Early estimates say the derecho flattened at least one-third of Iowa’s crops about 10 million acres.
- The derecho covered a nearly 800-mile stretch of the U.S. over the course of 14 hours.
More than 600,000 customers remained without power Wednesday in the …
