Midwest storms and tornadoes leave more than 500,000 without power

Severe storms and multiple tornadoes caused devastation across the Midwest on Monday night and into Tuesday morning, leaving more than half a million energy customers without power, as fears rise over a lingering risk of floods.

Severe storms and multiple tornadoes caused devastation across the Midwest on Monday night and into Tuesday morning, leaving more than half a million energy customers without power, as fears rise over a lingering risk of floods.

Almost 330,000 energy connections were lost in Illinois, according to PowerOutage.us, as well as 188,000 in Indiana and nearly 20,000 in Iowa.

The National Weather Service in Chicago said: "This storm is producing multiple tornadoes at the same time!" A tornado was confirmed in Des Moines, Iowa.

Vehicles make their way through a flooded section of DuSable Lake Shore Drive after a second severe storm raged through Chicago on Monday.Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere / Chicago Sun-Times via APThe weather service's Chicago team had to take shelter as the storm passed over just before 10.30 p.m.

Chicago's O'Hare Airport ordered a ground stop while local trains were canceled. The weather service said there were power flashes spotted at the airport because of likely tornadoes, during some of the most intense storms to hit the area in recent times.

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