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TO SURVEY THE DAMAGE. THIS SATELLITE IMAGE OF THE STATE SHOWS JUST HOW WIDESPREAD THE CROP DAMAGE REALLY IS. TAKE A LOOK. THAT SWATH OF LIGHTER GREEN IN CENTRAL, INTO EASTERN IOWA THAT’S ALL CROP DAMAGE. , IOWA’S SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE SAYS IT’S TOO SOON TO PUT A FINANCIAL NUMBER ON THE DAMAGE. >> THE NEXT FEW DAYS, THE NEXT WEEK OR SO WILL BE VERY TELLING AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE CROP HAS LAID DOWN BUT WILL BE AB TO CONTINUE TO BRING THAT CO CROP TO MATURITY, THAT CORN KERNEL TO MATURITY, OR WHETHER THAT PLANT IS SO DAMAGED THAT IT WILL NOT. STACEY: ANOTHER ISSUE FARMERS ARE FACING GRAIN STORAGE. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO FROM SKY 8. THIS WAS SHOT NEAR LUTHER IN BOONE COUNTY. MANY FACILITIES LIKE THIS WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED ACROSS THE STATE. RHEYA: SKY 8 ALSO FLEW HIGH ABOVE HIGHWAY 17 TODAY WHERE PARTS OF THE ROAD ARE SHUT DOWN. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO. THE STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ALSO KNOCKED DOWN POWER POLE AND IN A FEW CASES CRASHED ONTO VEHICLES. ����vlog’S MARCUS MCINTOSH DROVE FROM DES MOINES THROUGH PARTS OF POLK, DALLAS AND BOONE COUNTIES TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE DAMAGE MARCUS ENDED THE DAY AMES WHERE SOME RESIDENTS ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER. MARCUS? MARCUS: AS YOU MENTION, AMES RESIDENTS WITHOUT POWER. WERE TOLD THAT ABOUT -- ABOUT HALF THE PEOPLE LIVING HERE WERE WITHOUT POWER. WE SPOKE WITH SOMEONE FROM THE CITY WITHIN THE LAST HOUR AND WE ARE TOLD THAT 50% OF THE POWER HAS FOR -- HAS POWER STORED AND WITH THE HELP OF OTHER CITIES, THE HOPE IS TO HAVE THE MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS POWERED UP BEFORE DARK. WE CAME THROUGH MADRID AND FOUND OBVIOUS SIGNS OF THE DESTRUCTIVE STORM JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE. TWO EMPLOYEES WERE INSIDE THIS CONSTRUCTION SHOP AND IT WAS DESTROYED, BUT THEY ARE FINE. INSTEAD OF WORKING TO FIX HIS BUILDING TUESDAY HE AND HIS CREW ARE HELPING THEIR NEIGHBORS. >> IT’S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO MITIGATE THE DAMAGE. I FEEL PRETTY BAD HAVING THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE AND THE ACCESSIBILITY WE HAVE WITH THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE DO JUST STANDING HERE WATCHING EVERYBODY GO THROUGH IT, I GUESS. THAT IS THE MAIN THING. MARCUS DALTON SAYS THE MADRID : COMMUNITY IS STRONG AND THEY WILL GET THROUGH THIS. BUT IS HAS NOT BEEN EASY WHEN WERE THERE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THERE WAS NO CELL SERVICE SO COMMUNICATION WAS CHALLENGING. KYR VAN BEN THUYSEN SAYS THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION FOR HIM WAS JUST AS BAD AS THE STORM DAMAGE. HE SAID HIS COMMUTE FROM WORK IN DES MOINES THAT USUALLY TAKES A½ HOUR TOOK TWO AND A HAL HOURS HE -- TWO AND A HALF HOURS. >> WHEN I COME HOME HIGHWAY 17 IS BLOCKED DOWN TO ONE LANE , TREES ALL OVER THE PLACE. MARCUS: HIS WIFE WAS FINE. AS WE WORKED OUR WAY TO AMES THIS IS WHAT WE SAW ON 270TH IN LUTHER THIS GRAIN BIN DESTROYED BY THE STORM. PARTS STREWN AT LEAST A FOOTBALL FIELD AWAY. WE WERE NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE CHECKINGOUT THE DAMAGE. A NUMBER OF DRIVERS STOPPED TO TAKE PICTURES AND THERE WAS A CREW ON HAND SURVEYING THE DAMAGE. PHONE LINES AND INTERNET SERVICE WERE KNOCKED OUT FOR A WHILE TO POLICE AND THE CITY. IT WAS RESTORED ABOUT 1:30 THIS AFTERNOON. MARCUS MCINTOSH, ����vlog 8 NEWS, IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. STACEY: A NUMBER OF STREETS IN DES MOINES ARE STILL BLOCKED BY STORM DAMAGE. ����vlog SENIOR REPORTER TODD MAGEL IS LIVE WITH A LOOK AT DAMAGE IN BEAVERDALE TODD: SO MANY PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER, THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY. WE ARE AT 48TH AND FRANKLIN. THAT TREE IS COVERING UP HALF A FRANKLIN HERE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF DES MOINES AND TRAFFIC HAS TO GO AROUND IT. ALL THIS MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR RESIDENTS LIKE THE ONES WE CAUGHT UP WITH IN BEAVERDALE WHO ARE BUSY CLEANING UP FROM MONDAY’S STORM. >> MY DAUGHTER STARTED SCREAMING, SHE WAS IN THE FRONT WINDOW. SHE WAS LIKE THEIR TREE, IT’S , OVER YOUR CAR. TODD THAT TREE IS NEXT DOOR TO : MARIA CONNETTS HOUSE NEAR 47TH AND HICKMAN. IT SPLIT IN THREE PIECES. ONE WENT ON HER JEEP, THE OTHERS ONTO THE HOUSE AND INTO THE YARD NEXT DOOR. NOBODY WAS HURT, BUT IT WAS JUST ONE SHOCKING RESULT OF MONDAY’S POWERFUL STORM. >> I’VE LIVED HERE ALMOST 20 YEARS, SO IT’S NOT THE FIRST TIME, BUT THIS IS PROBABLY THE WORST I’VE SEEN. TODD AND WE DIDN’T HAVE TO GO : FAR TO FIND MORE TREES DOWN. THIS ONE IS JUST OFF FRANKLIN NEAR 49TH. IT SNAPPED NEAR THE GROUND AND CRASHED ONTO A VAN. IT ALSO TOOK OUT A POWER LINE TO MATTHIAS KIESELACK HOUSE HE’S BEEN BUSY TRYING TO RESTORE HIS POWER AND CLEAN UP THE POST STORM MESS >> THERE IS NO POWER, AND PATIO USED TO BE NICE. I HAVE A TREE IN THE BACK THAT IS HALF GONE TODD: AND THAT’S A BIG TREE. >> YES, 200-YEAR-OLD OAK TREE. TODD: IF THERE’S ANY GOOD NEWS TODAY, WEATHER HAS BEEN BEAUTIFUL, WHICH PEOPLE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF TO CLEAN UP THEIR YARDS ACROSS THE CITY AND ACROSS THE METRO. TODD MAGEL, ����vlog 8 NEWS, IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. STACEY: MARSHALLTOWN WAS ONE OF THE CITIES HIT HARDEST BY MONDAY’S STORM. MANY PEOPLE THERE ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM A EF-3 TORNADO THAT RIPPED THROUGH 2 YEARS AGO. ����vlog’S LAURA TERRELL IN LIVE IN MARSHALLTO LAURA: A LOT OF CLEANUP HERE UNDERWAY IN MARSHALLTOWN. THE WHOLE TOWN LOOKS PRETTY MUCH LIKE THIS, NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS GET BRANCHES OFF THE GROUND, TREES DOWN EVERYWHERE. THIS FAMILY WE TALKED TO HAD FRIENDS DRIVE FROM NINE HOURS AWAY JUST TO HELP THEM CLEAN UP. SO PEOPLE ARE JUST BUSY TODAY, THEY’VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 8:00 IN THE MORNING. A VERY EXHAUSTING JOB, WITH STILL A LOT OF WORK LEFT TO DO. A LITTLE EARLIER WE WERE OVER AT THE HY VEE, AND GOOD NEWS THERE, THAT HAS REOPENED NOW IN MARSHALLTOWN. PEOPLE ARE FINALLY ABLE TO GET SOME FOOD AND GROCERIES BECAUSE ALL OF THE POWER IS COMPLETELY OUT IN THE ENTIRE TOWN. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A CHAOTIC SCENE OVER AT THE HIGH V, PEOPLE WERE RUSHING TO GET ICE AND WATER AND FOOD. WE CAUGHT UP WITH A COUPLE OF PEOPLE OVER THERE. >> OH, JUST PEOPLE ALL OVER THE AISLES. WALKING UP AND DOWN THE AISLES GETTING FOOD. WHATEVER THEY NEED. PROBABLY ICE. IT’S JUST A ZOO IN THERE. LAURA: SO AGAIN, A VERY BUSY CLEANUP DAY HERE IN MARSHALLTOWN, STILL NO POWER. IT COULD BE DAYS, THAT EVERYONE HERE SAYS THEY ARE USED TO THIS, THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE. IN FACT, MANY OF THEM