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Powerful ‘Derecho’ Storms Tear Through Midwest
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- Powerful storms with winds near 100 mph swept across the Central U.S., causing extensive damage including uprooted trees, roof damage, and widespread power outages affecting over a million customers.
- Two fatalities were reported due to delayed medical emergency care caused by clogged roads during the storms.
- The storms, identified as a derecho by the Storm Prediction Center, produced lightning, baseball-sized hail, and heavy flooding, especially in Ohio, impacting areas from the Northern Plains to the Ohio Valley.
- The strongest wind gust recorded was 99 mph in Gary, Indiana, with confirmed reports of two weak tornadoes near Chicago and its southern suburbs.
- Power outages were widespread across Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia, with nearly a million people affected as of early evening Central time.
