Cedar Rapids couple Bob and Carmen find a way through a year of derecho repairs and challenges. It’s been a year of work and worry, thankfulness and frustration.
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Cedar Rapids couple Bob and Carmen find a way through a year of derecho repairs and challenges. It’s been a year of work and worry, thankfulness and frustration.
A year after the derecho, one Cedar Rapids woman who started feeding her neighborhood three meals a day still is helping the people who have become her friends
Churches hit had by last summer’s derecho never thought they’d still be rebuilding a year later.
Not all the fallen trees left after the storm were turned into mulch. Some of the trunks that remained standing have found new life as yard art.
Negative mental health outcomes in the aftermath of a natural disaster are common, and the emotional and psychological toll can linger for years. Recovery can begin once they start to rebuild -- but what happens if you’re unable to start rebuilding?
That number is expected to grow as regulators urge carriers to grant extensions to affected homeowners and businesses as the one-year anniversary approaches.
Kimmy Schmadeke has now filed four appeals for individual assistance to FEMA with no results so far. She plans on filing a fifth appeal in the future.
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