In Iowa, Hard-Hit Churches and Faith-Based Organizations Rally to Help Out in Wake of Derecho
In Iowa, churches are working together and partnering with faith-based organizations from across the country to offer aid after the unusual windstorm, called a derecho, left a trail of devastation from South Dakota to Ohio on Aug. 10.
“I feel really blessed that we have the ability to talk to one another and work together in this,” Schulz said.
President Donald Trump surveyed the damage from Air Force One on Tuesday (Aug. 18) after signing part of Iowa’s disaster aid request, and the storm came up that night, too, at the Democratic National Convention.
With wind gusts up to 112 mph, the derecho not only destroyed homes and knocked out power to millions across the Midwest, it also flattened cornfields and toppled grain bins. It’s been blamed for three deaths in Iowa, as well as one in Indiana....
