The tornado that hit Mapleton this weekend was a monster, people say. At least 142 homes and businesses have been destroyed or damaged -- and that count was with only half the town surveyed. The recovery is underway...Eighty percent of the town has electricity, half the town now has gas. Iowa Highways 141 and 175, Mapleton’s arteries, are totally clear of debris. An army of students and teachers surrounded the elementary and high schools with rakes and brooms, and armada of orange dump trucks streams back and forth to a field for dumping south of town. And yes, if anyone is wondering, prom is still on for Saturday. School officials hoped to reopen this morning.
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