(Radio Iowa) – Sixteen counties are now being declared disaster areas by Governor Kim Reynolds and she expects more will be added to the list soon as damage estimates are finalized from Monday’s massive storm. Some corn fields were leveled by the powerful straight-line winds of the rare derecho storm system, some reports had gusts at 111 miles an hour. Combined, MidAmerican and Alliant Energy report well over 400-thousand customers still without power, while multiple smaller utilities report tens of thousands more remain without electricity.