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Long Road for Storm Damage Recovery

Long Road for Storm Damage Recovery

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McCook County was hit hard by the derecho and storms last month and the damages are still being assessed.

Randy Sabers runs an insurance agency in Salem and says the damage is stunning….

Sabers says the recovery process is underway….

Sabers says rising costs will lead to some difficult decisions….https://soundcloud.com/wnax-radio/randy-sabers-608c?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing[/embedON

Winds gusted over one hundred miles an hour during the storm and produced a massive haboob or dust storm along the storm track in South Dakota and Minnesota.

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