A storm packing hurricane-force winds tore across the U.S. Midwest on Monday, causing widespread property damage in cities and rural towns and leaving more than half a million homes and businesses without power.
This report produced by Yahaira Jacquez.
Crews from Eight Days of Hope traveled to Cedar Rapids, Iowa to help clean up damage from the storms on August 10th.
A derecho with upward of 70 mile per hour winds destroyed parts of Chicago and Iowa on Monday as the storm stampeded its way across..
