by Radio Iowa Contributor | Feb 11, 2021 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, Human Interest, News
The city of Cedar Rapids is moving forward with a plan to replace the trees destroyed six months ago in the derecho that tore across the city. Some 70% of public trees were lost in the wake of the storm. The city is partnering with the local nonprofit Trees Forever to...
by Matt Kelley | Jan 13, 2021 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
Debris is still being picked up from curbsides in Cedar Rapids more than five months after the derecho swept across the state. Iowa’s second-largest city was hit with the worst of the powerful storm’s 140-mile-an-hour winds. Taylor Burgin, Cedar...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Jan 11, 2021 | Education, Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
The final preparations are underway to allow Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids to re-open for the first time in nearly 10 months following damage from the derecho and remote learning for the pandemic. While all schools in the Cedar Rapids Community School District...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Jan 8, 2021 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
It’s been almost five months since the derecho blasted across Iowa, causing more than one-and-a-half billion dollars damage, and some houses are still draped in tarps due to mangled roofs. Cedar Rapids caught the worst of the storm, where resident Olivia...
by Dar Danielson | Nov 10, 2020 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
An update from the Iowa Insurance Division puts the amount of claims paid out following the August 10th derecho is more than $1.6 billion. Insurance Commissioner Doug Ommen says that’s the tally through November 2nd. He says the numbers are reflective of the...