Alliant Energy moves from residential and business restoration to those lights down local streets that need replacing to safely illuminate neighborhoods.
The rest of the nation is finally starting to understand the magnitude of what happened on August 10, leaving behind more damage than many hurricanes do.
According to the National Weather Service in Des Moines, the August 10th Derecho has been officially declared as a 'Billion-Dollar" Disaster.
So far this year the US has seen 16 disasters each resulting in damages of over a billion dollars...