Apr 01, 2021
“Total devastation” are the words many community leaders used to describe the aftermath of Hurricane Michael back in October 2018. While hurricanes like Katrina may have resulted in more acute structural damage, Michael will be best remembered for the sheer volume of vegetation destruction it caused up and down the coastal communities of Florida and Georgia.
While the damage left in the wake of Hurricane Michael garnered international attention, the real work began after the news crews packed up their gear. Handling a good chunk of the initial and long-term recovery efforts for Hurricane Michael was Ceres Environmental Services Inc., one of the world’s largest disaster recovery companies that helps restore and repair communities after large-scale natural disasters. Ceres has skilled crews that can help with every phase of cleanup and recovery after a disaster. After Hurricane Michael, many of their company’s resources were dedicated to removing and processing
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Throughout the cleanup efforts, crews were able to keep up with the work due to the support they received from their local equipment dealer, Vermeer Iowa and N. Missouri, which was ready to get equipment to, as well as lend services to, businesses that were working around the clock to help people recover from the storm.
Just months after it ripped its way through the Midwest, the derecho that slammed into the nation s Corn Belt on Aug. 10, 2020, was labeled the costliest thunderstorm disaster in United States history. No other single thunderstorm event not even a tornado caused as much devastation. There was more than $7.5 billion in damages according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), with millions of acres of crops laid to waste; hundreds of homes severely damaged or ruined; and thousands of trees destroyed.