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Samaritan’s Purse Responds in Midwest After Fierce Derecho

Parts of the Midwest are struggling to recover after a derecho barreled for 700 miles from South Dakota and western Iowa through the Corn Belt all the way to Ohio. A derecho is a widespread, long-lived, and fast-moving type of violent storm known for straight-line winds. During this Aug. 10 storm, wind gusts reached as high as 112 miles per hour.

Volunteers are patching damaged roofs and clearing yard debris in storm-struck Iowa.

VOLUNTEERS ARE PATCHING DAMAGED ROOFS AND CLEARING YARD DEBRIS IN STORM-STRUCK IOWA.

Iowa and Illinois felt the brunt of this expansive system, which some call an “inland hurricane.” The fierce weather damaged homes, churches, and businesses; caused power outages for more than 1 million people; tossed vehicles into the air; felled trees; and killed one Indiana woman.

A Samaritan’s Purse U.S. Disaster Relief Unit and another vehicle were sent out on Aug. 11 and more vehicles departed the next day. After meeting with local leaders and churches to assess needs in affected communities, we have established a base at Hillside Wesleyan Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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Day volunteers began Aug. 14, with protocols in place to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. Due to the breadth and severity of damage caused by this storm system, we plan to be working in this area into September.

Overnight volunteers will be housed at New Covenant Bible Church, also in Cedar Rapids, starting Aug. 16.

Please pray for those hurting after this disaster and for our volunteer teams as we respond in Jesus’ Name.

Volunteers present a Billy Graham Study Bible to a homeowner we helped in Iowa.

VOLUNTEERS PRESENT A BILLY GRAHAM STUDY BIBLE TO A HOMEOWNER WE HELPED IN IOWA.

Dan and Krupa said it was exciting to see Samaritan's Purse pull into town to serve in Jesus' Name after the damaging…

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I love all the good things that are starting to show up from all around Iowa! Debbie Dvorak posted this on the Facebook Group – Iowa Derecho Storm Resource Group on August 22, 2020 Thank you Debbie.

On the 13th day, my parents have power!!! Special shout-out to the awesome crews from J.F. Electric in St. Louis for working so hard to restore power in the SW neighborhoods. They drive back and forth to Newton every day because there are no hotel rooms in the CR area. The least I could do is give them sugar cookies from Kathy’s Pies and personally thank them for their hard work. They were so grateful and appreciative. Continue to show these crews some love!

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