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Derecho storm blasts Chicago amp Iowa with destructive 100mph winds
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A RARE ‘derecho’ storm brought havoc as 100mph gales ripped through large parts of the Midwest, smashing through Chicago and into Indiana and Michigan. • Trees were blown over, vehicles flipped and homes wrecked as 1.1million people were left without power. • The ‘derecho’ storm, which is similar to an inland hurricane, lasted several hours as it tore from eastern Nebraska across Iowa and parts of Wisconsin and Illinois. • It had the wind speed of a major hurricane, and likely caused more widespread damage than a normal tornado, said Patrick Marsh, of the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma. • Chicago was hit by the storm following a night of looting and widespread disturbances which saw 13 cops injured and more than 100 arrests. • Protesters clashed with police following rumors a child had been shot by cops, though law enforcement said the suspect was 20 years old. • Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot warned Monday morning they were coming for the looters. • “Let’s be clear. We are coming for you. We are already at work finding you,” Lightfoot said during a press conference. • Illinois has also been rocked by the coronavirus outbreak with the state recording 197,000 cases and 7,853 deaths. • In northern Illinois, the National Weather Service reported a wind gust of 92 mph near Dixon, about 100 miles west of Chicago, and the storm left downed trees and power lines that blocked roads in Chicago and its suburbs. • After leaving Chicago, the most potent part of the storm system moved over north central Indiana by late afternoon. • “It ramped up pretty quick around 7am Central time in Eastern Nebraska. I don’t think anybody expected widespread winds approaching 100, 110 mph,” Marsh said. • “A derecho is not quite a hurricane. It has no eye and its winds come across in a line. But the damage it is likely to do spread over such a large area is more like an inland hurricane than a quick more powerful tornado,” Marsh said. • He compared it to a devastating Super Derecho of 2009, which was one of the strongest on record and traveled more than 1,000 miles in 24 hours, causing $500million in damage, widespread power outages and killing a handful of people. • “This is our version of a hurricane,” said Northern Illinois University meteorology professor Victor Gensini. • Read more • Derecho’ storm brings 100mph gales ripping through riot-hit Chicago leaving more than a million without power • https://www.the-sun.com/news/1288181/... • From Brexit breaking news to HD movie trailers, The Sun newspaper brings you the latest news videos and explainers from the UK and around the world. • • Become a Sun Subscriber and hit the bell to be the first to know • • Read The Sun: http://www.thesun.co.uk • Like The Sun on Facebook: / thesun • Follow The Sun on Twitter: / thesun • Subscribe to The Sun on Snapchat: / 1633225139
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