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GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. RIGHT NOW. CENTRAL IOWA IS MAKING PROGRESS RECOVERING FROM MONDAY’S SEVERE STORMS. RHEYA: MORE HOMES ARE GETTING THEIR POWER BACK. MIDAMERICAN AND ALLIANT REPORT ABOUT 277,000 HOMES ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER. DOWN FROM 373,000 YESTERDAY. INTERNET SERVICE IS ALSO STILL DOWN FOR MANY CENTRAL IOWANS. BOTH MEDIACOM AND CENTURY LINK SAY THAT’S MAINLY DUE TO THE WIDE SPREAD POWER PROBLEMS. BUT A WARNING TONIGHT FOR ANYONE WHO JUST GOT THEIR POWER RESTORED. THE CITY OF AMES IS WARNING ITS CUSTOMERS NOT TO TURN EVERYTHING LIKE AIR CONDITIONERS ON AT ONCE. THE SUDDEN HEAVY LOAD HAS BEEN BLOWING FUSES. MARSHALLTOWN MIGHT NOT GET POWER BACK UNTIL SATURDAY. ����vlog’S BEAU BOWMAN IS IN MARSHALLTOWN TONIGHT WHERE THE GOVERNOR TOURED DAMAGED. BEAU: RHEYA, THE MARSHALLTOWN MAYOR TOLD GOVERNOR REYNOLDS THIS AFTERNOON ALMOST THE ENTIRE TOWN IS STILL WITHOUT POWER WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A SMALL GROUP OF RESIDENTS ON THE TOWN’S SOUTH SIDE. WHEN I ASKED THE GOVERNOR WHEN SHE EXPECTS THE POWER FOR MOST IOWANS TO BE TURNED BACK ON SHE SAID THE STATE DOESN’T HAVE AN EXACT TIMELINE BUT SHE’S HOPING FOR SOME TIME THIS WEEKEND. NOW, DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS ARE STILL BEING DONE HERE IN MARSHALLTOWN. THE GOVERNOR DIDN’T HAVE ANY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ESTIMATES YET BUT HER EARLY REPORTS SAY ABOU IN CROP DAMAGE ACROSS THE STATE. $10 MILLION YOU MAY REMEMBER THE TORNADO THAT RAGED THROUGH MARSHALLTOWN 2 YEARS AGO, THE GOVERNOR COMPARED MONDAY’S STORM BUT THIS TIME THE DAMAGE IS MUCH -- THIS IMPACTS MORE PEOPLE EVEN JUST RIGHT HERE IN MARSHALLTOWN. >> MY HEART JUST SANK. I CAN’T IMAGINE HEARING THE SIREN GO OFF 2 YEARS AFTER THE DEVASTATION THAT THEY EXPERIENCED WITH THE TORNADO. THE MAYOR CAN SPEAK TO THIS, HE SAYS ITS MORE WIDE SPREAD RIGHT NOW, AND JUST THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY. BEAU: AND COMING UP TONIGHT ON ����vlog NEWS AT 10:00 WE’LL HEA FROM ONE BUSINESS OWNER THAT IS OPEN TONIGHT AND BUSIER THAN EVER, BUT RUNNING ON LITERAL FUMES. BUT FOR NOW WE’RE LIVE IN MARSHALLTOWN, BEAU BOWMAN, ����vlog 8 NEWS, IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. >> IF A PROPERTY’S DISORDER HAS MAJOR DAMAGE, OWNERS MUST CONTACT THE CITY BY SEPTEMBER 15 TO LET THE KNOW HOW THEY PLAN TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE. STEVE: THEY JOIN 20 OTHER COUNTIES HERE IN CENTRAL IOWA THAT ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR STATE AID. POWER CREWS ARE FINALLY MAKING SOME PROGRESS IN MANY METRO AREA NEIGHBORHOODS. TODD MAGEL IS LIVE IN DES MOINES TONIGHT NEAR 41ST AND COLLEGE. WHERE HOMEOWNERS THEY GOT THEIR ELECTRICITY BACK RIGHT AROUND NOON TODD: SOME OF THEM CAME OUT OF THEIR HOUSES REJOICING. IT HAS BEEN A LONG FEW DAYS. WE ARE ON 41ST STREET WHERE ONE OF THE TREES THAT TOOK DOWN POWER LINES IS STILL DAMAGED. YOU CAN SEE HALF OF 41ST STREET CUT OUT BY THE DEBRIS FROM ALL THE LIMBS IN THE ROAD. AFTER ALMOST THREE DAYS IN THE DARK, FOLKS SAY THEY WILL NEVER TAKE ELECTRICITY FOR GRANTED AGAIN. >> IT’S THE MOST EXCITEMEN WE’VE HAD IN SO IT WAS KIND OF 48 HOURS. COOL TO WATCH AND JUST THE COORDINATION OF ALL THE DIFFERENT TRUCKS. I THINK THEY HAD 4 OR FIVE BOOM ARMS UP AT ONE POINT. TODD AARON WITT AND HIS : NEIGHBORS CAN’T WATCH TV, SO THEY’RE WATCHING THIS. CREWS FROM KANSAS SPENT THE DAY ON THEIR BLOCK NEAR 41ST AND COLLEGE WORKING TO RESTORE POWER. >> IT LOOKED LIKE A TORNADO CAME THROUGH HERE. THERE WAS A POLICE OFFICER DOWN HERE WHO SAID THERE WAS 100 MPH WINDS THAT CAME THROUGH HERE. TODD SHANE WALKER ALSO SPENT THE : MORNING WATCHING THE LIVE REPAIR SHOW. THE STORM BLEW DOWN SEVERAL LARGE OAK TREES ON 41ST, THEY SNAPPED A POWER POLE AND POWER LINES. HE’S BEEN WITHOUT ELECTRICITY SINCE MONDAY MORNING. >> IT’S BEEN KIND OF URBAN CAMPING, REALLY. IN FACT, I WENT AND GOT STUFF TO MAKE A LITTLE FIRE PIT OUTBACK. IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ICE IN THIS TOWN. TODD THE CREWS INSTALLED A NEW : POWER POLL AND REATTACHED THE DOWNED POWER LINES. IT TOOK ABOUT 4 HOURS AND THEN, LIKE A LITTLE MIRACLE THE POWER , RETURNED SHORTLY AFTER NOON. >> THE POWER CAME BACK ON, I LET >>>> THE POWER CAME BACK ON, I LET OUT A BIG YOU-HOO SCREAM AND GOT A BIG THUMBS UP FROM YOUR CAMERA GUY HERE. IT’S GREAT. TODD: THAT CAMERA GUY IS RIGHT HERE BEHIND THE CAMERA, SO WE WERE CELEBRATING WITH HIM. MID AMERICAN SAYS THEY’RE PRIORITIZING THE REPAIRS. FIRST THEY WILL BE REPAIRING LINES FOR VERTICAL COMMUTER SERVICES LIKE HOSPITALS, SHELTERS, AND WATER TREATMENT PLANTS. THEN THEY WILL MOVE TO CIRCUITS THAT SERVE THE MOST CUSTOMERS AND THEN EVENTUALLY INDIVIDUAL SERVICE LINES AND INDIVIDUAL HOUSES, SO AGAIN, IT COULD BE A WHILE. TODD MAGEL, ����vlog 8 NEWS, IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. STEVE: ALL OF OUR CREWS DID A GREAT JOB OUT THERE. YOU HEARD THAT GUY SAID THERE IS AN ICE SHORTAGE IN TOWN. ONEWEST DES MOINES COMPANY IS DOING SOMETHING TO HELP. BUR-TEK DRY ICE AT 24:60 GRAND AVENUE RECEIVED ONE-THOUSAND CALLS ON TUESDAY FROM PEOPLE DESPERATELY TRYING TO SAVE THEIR FOOD. SO THEY DECIDED TO OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC AND OFFER DRY ICE F RETAIL SALE AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE OF ONE DOLLAR A POUND. CARS HAVE BEEN LINED UP OUTSID EVER SINCE. >> WE DECIDED TO OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC. THIS IS NOT A RETAIL STORE, AND OFFER THEM A GOOD PRICE ON ICE, ABOUT HALF OF WHERE YOU COULD GET IT AT ANY MAJOR RETAIL STORE, JUST TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY. STEVE: ESSAY TAKES ABOUT 40 POUNDS OF ICE TO COOL A TYPICAL REFRIGERATOR FREEZER. RHEYA: 100 TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARE STILL OUT AROUND DES MOINES. MAX DIEKNEITE HAS AN UPDATE ON THE CITY’S PROCESS -- PROGRESS TO GET BACK TO NORMAL. MAX: THERE’S ONLY SO MUCH THEY CAN DO. CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER JOHN DAVIS TOLD ME TODAY, THIS IS THE WORST POWER OUTAGE IN RECENT HISTORY. 100 OF THE CITY’S 450 SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS ARE STILL OU THAT IS AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE 200 THAT WERE KNOCKED OUT AFTER MONDAY’S STORM. DAVIS WORKED IN FLORIDA FOR A TIME IN THE SAME ROLE BEFORE MOVING TO DES MOINES. HE SAYS THIS STORM CAUSED SIMILAR DAMAGES TO WHAT HE SAW DOWN SOUTH DURING HURRICANE SEASON. >> THE STORM EVENT REMINDS ME A LOT OF WHAT WOULD SEE IN FLORIDA WITH TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE SEASON, IT ENCOMPASSED A WIDE AREA AND INVOLVED WIND DAMAGE IN POWER OUTAGES. MAX: DAVIS SAYS SO MANY TRAFFIC LIGHTS WENT OUT THEY RAN OUT OF THEIR REPLACEMENT TRAFFIC SIGNS. HE SAYS IF YOU COME UP ON AN INTERSECTION THAT’S DARK, JUST TREAT IT LIKE A FOUR-WAY STOP. STEVE? STEVE: BE CAREFUL OUT THERE WHEN YOU COME UP ON AN INTERSECTION WHERE THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A LIGHT. IN SMALL IOWA TOWNS IT’S NOW NEIGHBOR HELPING NEIGHBOR. ����vlog’S MARCUS MCINTOSH IS LIVE IN AMES TONIGHT WITH A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE. MARCUS: WE ARE JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN AMES AT 11TH AND CLARK AVENUE. WE ARE TOLD THAT 80% OF THE CITY HAS POWER BACK, BUT NOT THIS AREA. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS STILL WONDERING WHEN THEY WILL GET POWER BACK. WE WENT NORTH AND EAST OF HERE TO ROLAND. IT WAS NOT HARD TO FIND AN EXAMPLE OF NEIGHBORS HELPI NEIGHBORS. ALLIANT ENERGY CREWS ARE HARD AT WORK IN EFFORTS TO GET POWER BACK TO THE RESIDENTS OF ROLAND. THEY ARE A WELCOME SIGHT TO MANY PEOPLE LIVING IN TOWN WITHOUT POWER. MOST RESIDENTS ARE HOPEFUL THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TURN ON THEIR LIGHTS AGAIN AT SOME POINT WEDNESDAY. IN THIS SMALL TOWN, LIKE OTHER ACROSS THE STATE, NEIGHBORS COME TOGETHER TO HELP EACH OTHER. WHETHER IT IS COMING UP WITH AN OFFBEAT BUT CLEVER WAY TO CLEAR BIG HEAVY TREE BRANCHES FROM YARD OR YOUR NEIGHBOR IS TREVOR JACKSON, AN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, WHO DID WHAT HE COULD TO HELP OTHERS. >> I HAVE A GENERATOR THAT I HAD STORED IN MY UTILITY TRAILER , AND ONCE WE REALIZED POWER WAS OUT IT TOOK A FEW MINUTES TO GET AT LEAST PARTIAL POWER BACK TO ME, AND I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SUPPLY PARTIAL POWER TO SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS. MARCUS: JACKSON TED HE WOULD DO WHATEVER HE HAD TO TO HELP HIS NEIGHBORS. HE SAID THE GOOD NEWS IS HE HAS NOT HEARD OF ANY HEALTH ISSUES OF INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE STORM. HE IS SAD TO SEE ROLAND LOSE SO MANY TREES BUT HE SAID THAT WILL PICK UP