{"id":44505,"date":"2020-08-11T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T12:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/rare-storm-ravages-midwest-leaves-1-1-million-without-power\/"},"modified":"2020-08-11T15:08:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T12:08:00","slug":"rare-storm-ravages-midwest-leaves-1-1-million-without-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rare-storm-ravages-midwest-leaves-1-1-million-without-power\/","title":{"rendered":"#Rare storm ravages Midwest, leaves 1.1 million without power"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Rare storm ravages Midwest, leaves 1.1 million without power<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n A rare storm with hurricane-like, 100 mph winds left more than a million people without power Monday as it wreaked havoc across much of the Midwest \u2014 battering Chicago as it recovered from a night of chaos and widespread looting.<\/p>\n

The derecho \u2014 which has the strength of a hurricane but hovers over a far wider area \u2014 flattened homes and flipped over vehicles as it spent several hours leaving a trail of damage from eastern Nebraska across Iowa and parts of Wisconsin and Illinois.<\/p>\n

By Monday night, PowerOutage.us reported more than 1.1 million people without power due to the storm \u2014 with more than 570,000 in Illinois.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt ramped up pretty quick,\u201d said Patrick Marsh, science<\/a> support chief at the National Weather Service\u2019s Storm Prediction Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think anybody expected widespread winds app<\/a>roaching 100, 110 mph,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

A derecho often causes more damage than even a tornado because it can hover in one place and its high winds can hit a far larger area, Marsh said.<\/p>\n

Winds of 100 mph can stretch for \u201c20, 30, 40 or God forbid, 100 miles,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

What happened Monday morning was the result of unstable, very moist air that had parked for days over the northern plains \u2013 culminating\u00a0 in a derecho.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are basically self-sustaining amoebas of thunderstorms,\u201d Gensini said. \u201cOnce they get going like they did across Iowa, it\u2019s really hard to stop these suckers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He compared it to a devastating Super Derecho of 2009, which was one of the strongest on record and travel<\/a>ed more than 1,000 miles in 24 hours, causing $500 million in damage, widespread power outages and killing a handful of people.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is our version of a hurricane,\u201d said Northern Illinois University meteorology professor Victor Gensini, who said it was one of the strongest in recent history and predicting it would prove to be one of the nation\u2019s worst weather events of 2020.<\/p>\n

As Chicago recovered from its depressing night of looting, residents were warned by the National Weather Service office winds to 80 to 90 mph.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an extremely dangerous line of storms. . . . Stay away from windows and head indoors immedia<\/a>tely if walking near high rise buildings,\u201d the service warned.<\/p>\n

\u201cMake preparations NOW, don\u2019t wait for the storms to arrive.\u201d<\/p>\n

The city experienced its most severe winds about 4 p.m. with a 72 mph gust recorded at Midway airport.<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service tweeted that \u201cmuch of northern Illinois has pockets of damage with downed trees, debris, and power lines blocking roadways\u201d after the worst had passed.<\/p>\n

After blitzing Chicago, the storm moved eastward, and a severe thunderstorm watch covered much of southwestern Michigan and northern Indiana until midnight.<\/p>\n

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A flood warning was issued for Lake Michigan over fears the derecho would generate large waves and push water ashore.<\/p>\n

Several people were injured and widespread property damage was reported in Marshall County in central Iowa after 100 mph winds swept through the area, said its homeland security coordinator Kim Elder.<\/p>\n

Elder said winds blew over trees, flipped cars, downed power lines, ripped up road signs and tore roofs off buildings, some of which caught fire.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had quite a few people trapped in buildings and cars,\u201d Elder said, adding that the extent of injuries was unknown and no fatalities had been reported. \u201cWe\u2019re in life-saving mode right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marshalltown Mayor Joel Greer declared a civil emergency, telling residents to stay home and off the streets so that first responders could respond to calls.<\/p>\n

Roof damage to homes and buildings was reported in several Iowa cities, including the roof of a hockey arena in Des Moines.<\/p>\n

Photos showed semi-trailers flipped over or blown off highways.<\/p>\n

MidAmerican Energy Company spokeswoman Tina Hoffman said downed trees made it difficult in some locations for workers to get to power lines. In some cases, power line poles were snapped off.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a lot of tree damage. Very high winds. It will be a significant effort to get through it all and get everybody back on,\u201d Hoffman said. \u201cIt was a big front that went all the way through the state.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, had \u201cboth significant and widespread damage throughout the city,\u201d said public safety spokesman Greg Buelow. Tens of thousands of people in the metro area were without power.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have damage to homes and businesses, including siding and roofs damaged,\u201d he said. \u201cTrees and power lines are down throughout the entire city.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cedar Rapids on Monday night issued a 10 p.m. curfew that will continue until further notice, as crews worked to clean up fallen debris.<\/p>\n

The power outages were particularly alarming given the high heat across the region.<\/p>\n

With people with medical conditions \u2014 heightened by the coronavirus pandemic \u2014 \u201cit becomes dire pretty quickly,\u201d Marsh said.<\/p>\n

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