People search for cover as a derecho storm pushes through the area on August 10, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. The storm, with winds gusts close to 100 miles per hour, downed trees and power lines as it moved through the city and suburbs. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images) People search for cover as a derecho storm pushes through the area on August 10, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. The storm, with winds gusts close to 100 miles per hour, downed trees and power lines as it moved through the city and suburbs. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

(Bloomberg) — More than one million homes and businesses are without power across the U.S. Midwest after a wall of lightning, hail and deadly winds ripped through Chicago and elsewhere, tearing apart trees and homes.

The line of storms, 160 miles (260 kilometers) wide, cut a path of destruction across Iowa, Illinois and Indiana Monday, August 10. Wind gusts of 100 mph and more were clocked across Iowa.

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