Destructive midwest storm strikes Chicago

A rare storm packing 100 miles per hour (160 kilometers per hour) winds and with power similar to an inland hurricane swept across the Midwest on Monday, blowing over trees, flipping vehicles, causing widespread property damage and leaving hundreds of thousands without power as it moved through Chicago and into Indiana and Michigan.

In northern Illinois, the National Weather Service reported a wind gust of 92 mph near Dixon, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) west of Chicago, and the storm left downed trees and power lines that blocked roadways in Chicago and its suburbs.

After leaving Chicago, the most potent part of the storm system moved over north central Indiana by late Monday afternoon.