Tag Archives: Derecho with winds of 100 mph across the Midwest – CNN

The storms in some cases produced winds of more than 100 mph as they moved through Iowa and Illinois. “Numerous fires of power lines went down and continued to ignite,” the Chicago Fire Department stated tweeted Monday afternoon. “Much of northern Illinois has bushes of damage with fallen trees, rubble …

A very dangerous derecho is moving from Iowa to northern Illinois, toward Chicago, prompting the SPC to issue a PDS thunderstorm via 7 a.m. central time Monday. “PDS-serious thunderstorms are rare, and reserved for only the strongest thunderstorms,” ​​said CNN meteorologist Brandon Miller. “Wind gusts are expected to reach 100 …