Powerful derecho leaves path of devastation across Midwest

摘要

Hundreds of thousands across the Midwest remained without power today after a powerful storm packing 100 mph winds battered the region a day earlier, causing damage linked to the death of a 73-year-old woman found clutching a young boy in her storm-battered mobile home. The storm powerful storm known as a derecho tore from eastern Nebraska across Iowa and parts of Wisconsin and Illinois, blowing over trees, flipping vehicles, and causing widespread property and crop damage. 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. In Fort Wayne, Ind., Isabel Atencio died at a hospital after firefighters pulled her from debris inside her mobile home after high winds rolled it onto its side last night, officials said. She was found clutching a 5-year-old boy believed to be her grandson, said Adam O'Connor, deputy chief of the Fort Wayne Fire Department. The boy had minor injuries.