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A derecho with hurricane-strength, straight-line winds felled trees, damaged homes and businesses, and knocked out power to more than 150,000 customers in the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City areas on Aug. 10, 2020. Photos from Gazette photographers and staff document the damage across Eastern Iowa during and immediately following the storm.

A tree split by wind force is seen along 5th Avenue SW in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Passing drivers stop to help the driver of a tractor trailer after it overturned laying down in the northbound side of Interstate 380 near 76th Avenue SW in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. Two men worked to remove the windshield and the woman, a registered nurse, made her way into the cab to check on the driver who had no apparent injuries. The woman then took the driver to her car to sit with her and wait for an ambulance to arrive. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Coe College left tackle Joshua Robles clears trees with other members of the Coe College football team from campus sidewalks in Cedar Rapids after a powerful storm with straight-line winds moved through Iowa on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Windows of Sinclair Auditorium on the Coe College campus in Cedar Rapids were blown out as a powerful storm with straight-line winds moved through Iowa on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Downed trees and other debris cover front yards in Cedar Rapids after a powerful storm with straight-line winds moved through Iowa on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Christopher Strums encourages his dog Blue to cross the street in Cedar Rapids after a powerful storm with straight-line winds moved through Iowa on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

A tree fell onto an auto mechanic and home at the corner of Mount Vernon Road SE and 15th Street SE in Cedar Rapids after a powerful storm with straight-line winds moved through Iowa on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Utility poles on Highway 13 North, just above Marion, were snapped in half by strong winds during storms that whipped through the Cedar Rapids area on Monday. (Katie Brumbeloe/The Gazette)

A Little Free Library remains standing after a tree fell around it on Mount Vernon Road SE in Cedar Rapids after a powerful storm with straight-line winds moved through Iowa on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

A downed power line is caught in a fallen tree on Mount Vernon Road SE in Cedar Rapids after a powerful storm with straight-line winds moved through Iowa on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Cars make their way through downed tree branches along 5th Avenue SW in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Siding is seen removed from the front of a building along 1st Avenue SW in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

An overturned tractor trailer is seen in the southbound lanes of Interstate 380 just south of Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. A handful of other trucks were seen overturned in the area after severe storms moved through the area. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

An overturned tractor trailer is seen laying on the northbound lanes of Interstate 380 near 76th Avenue SW in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Downed trees are seen along 18th Street SW in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Storm damage is seen at the Kwik Shop gas station at the intersection of 1st Avenue and 10th Street SW in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Storm damage is seen at Casey's General Store and gas station along 5th Avenue SW in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Two men stop to help a tractor trailer driver out from his overturned vehicle on the Interstate 380 onramp from Highway 30 in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. After helping the driver, who was without any visible injury, out of the truck they took him to their vehicle to wait for help from emergency responders. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Windows of the former Unique Beauty Supply were blown out in Cedar Rapids as a powerful storm with straight-line winds moved through Iowa on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Letters from the Fas Fuel on First Avenue East lay across the street in Cedar Rapids after a powerful storm with straight-line winds moved through Iowa on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Letters from the Fas Fuel on First Avenue East lay on the ground after a powerful storm with straight-line winds moved through Iowa on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Forrest Marshall, the breakfast crew chief at Wendy's on First Avenue East, picks up letters from a sign that was toppled in Cedar Rapids after a powerful storm with straight-line winds moved through Iowa on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. Marshall said he had just finished putting up new lettering on the sign when the storm moved in. 'I just thank God I was down [off the ladder]', Marshall said. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

The Coe College football team works to clear trees from campus sidewalks in Cedar Rapids after a powerful storm with straight-line winds moved through Iowa on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Downed trees are seen at the intersection of 5th Avenue and 8th Street SW in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

The cladding on the steeple at First Congregational church of Christ in Cedar Rapids blew off after a powerful storm with straight-line winds moved through Iowa on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

The sign for the First Avenue NE McDonalds is seen in Cedar Rapids after a powerful storm with straight-line winds moved through Iowa on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Gas pumps at Fas Fuel lay on their sides in Cedar Rapids after a powerful storm with straight-line winds moved through Iowa on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

An uprooted tree in southeast Cedar Rapids after a powerful storm with straight-line winds moved through Iowa on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Ivan Guinard of Cedar Rapids clears a tree from 16th Street SE in Cedar Rapids after a powerful storm with straight-line winds moved through Iowa on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. Guinard lives nearby and said his home and his bike were both spared, so he was clearing streets with his chainsaw. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Bricks from the front of an apartment building Cedar Rapids continue to fall after a powerful storm with straight-line winds moved through Iowa on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

A truck is covered by fallen trees in Cedar Rapids after a powerful storm with straight-line winds moved through Iowa on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

An uprooted tree leans on a fence in Cedar Rapids after a powerful storm with straight-line winds moved through Iowa on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

A female cardinal perches on a downed tree in Cedar Rapids after a powerful storm with straight-line winds moved through Iowa on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Shingles cover the sidewalk in Cedar Rapids after a powerful storm with straight-line winds moved through Iowa on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

A toppled traffic signal continues to flash red at the corner of 16th Street and First Avenue East in Cedar Rapids after a powerful storm with straight-line winds moved through Iowa on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Part of a McDonalds sign lays on the ground in Cedar Rapids after a powerful storm with straight-line winds moved through Iowa on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Shattered glass from the windows of the former Unique Beauty Supply in Cedar Rapids cover the sidewalk after a powerful storm with straight-line winds moved through Iowa on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Broken and downed trees dotted the grounds around the Iowa Capitol building Monday after raging wind, rain and torrential storms lashed parts of Iowa. (Rod Boshart/The Gazette)

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