June 2, 2007: Civil Air Patrol Provides Flyovers After Iowa Tornado

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On this date in 2007, a tornado hit eastern Iowa and the Civil Air Patrol assisted in the disaster assessment.

An excerpt from the Sioux City Journal:

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Cleanup efforts in eastern Iowa intensified Saturday following a tornado that damaged as many as 100 homes in three eastern Iowa communities, according to police.  Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management, working with officials from FEMA, had teams surveying Louisa and Muscatine counties Saturday morning for preliminary damage estimates. . . . State troopers patrolled the small town of Fruitland Friday night, which officials say has sustained heavy damage. The Civil Air Patrol also performed flyovers over the area.

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