Als uitvloeisel en voorlopig sluitstuk van de enorme depressie-zone die de Midwest in de Verenigde Staten geselt, is Chicago vanavond rond tien uur Nederlandse tijd getroffen door zeer hevig en venijnig noodweer. Miljoenen mensen schijnen overvallen te zijn, omdat meteorologen het niet zó heftig hadden verwacht. In de hele metropool zijn duizenden bomen ontworteld, ramen uit skyscrapers geblazen en er is heel veel schade. Auto's zijn van wegen geblazen en gebouwen zijn ingestort. Na de enorme overstromingen in vooral Ohio kon dit er ook nog wel bij...
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Van Weather.com:
Between 3:00pm and 4:15pm CT, the Chicago metro was absolutely pounded by intense, violent thunderstorms. The majority of the storm damage was due to destructive winds on the order of 50 to 70 mph winds.
Throughout Chicago, there have been damage reports of widespread felled large trees (some over 100 years old), blown out windows in skyscrapers, power poles and lines down, semis and cars blown off roadways, roof collapse, building collapses, and finally home and building damage mainly due to fallen trees.
Because the storms pounded the area during the rush hour period, traffic across the city came to a standstill. The thunderstorms developed over eastern Iowa and quickly pushed east towards Lake Michigan.
One stalled front, followed by a second one, has focused day after day of flooding rain and thunderstorms over northern Iowa, southern Minnesota, southern Wisconsin, northern Indiana, northwest Ohio and adjacent areas. A number of locations are dealing with 6-day rainfall totals close to or over 12 inches and a few rivers with near record or record crests.
The second stalled front will finally begin to move, advancing from a Michigan-to-Kansas line Friday morning to the Kentucky-Tennessee and Missouri-Arkansas borders by Sunday. Heavy rain and severe (damaging wind gusts and some hail) thunderstorms will still drench the area from Kansas to lower Michigan Friday.
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Zie link:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/
Van Weather.com:
Between 3:00pm and 4:15pm CT, the Chicago metro was absolutely pounded by intense, violent thunderstorms. The majority of the storm damage was due to destructive winds on the order of 50 to 70 mph winds.
Throughout Chicago, there have been damage reports of widespread felled large trees (some over 100 years old), blown out windows in skyscrapers, power poles and lines down, semis and cars blown off roadways, roof collapse, building collapses, and finally home and building damage mainly due to fallen trees.
Because the storms pounded the area during the rush hour period, traffic across the city came to a standstill. The thunderstorms developed over eastern Iowa and quickly pushed east towards Lake Michigan.
One stalled front, followed by a second one, has focused day after day of flooding rain and thunderstorms over northern Iowa, southern Minnesota, southern Wisconsin, northern Indiana, northwest Ohio and adjacent areas. A number of locations are dealing with 6-day rainfall totals close to or over 12 inches and a few rivers with near record or record crests.
The second stalled front will finally begin to move, advancing from a Michigan-to-Kansas line Friday morning to the Kentucky-Tennessee and Missouri-Arkansas borders by Sunday. Heavy rain and severe (damaging wind gusts and some hail) thunderstorms will still drench the area from Kansas to lower Michigan Friday.
De foto is gemaakt bij klaarlichte dag
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