Heavy rain, strong winds, and intense thunderstorms swept through from Iowa to Michigan, downing trees and power lines.
According to Poweroutage US, there were 39,929 outages in Ohio, 44,829 in Wisconsin and 26,551 in Indiana. There were more than 300 reports of strong winds Wednesday, primarily from Wisconsin and Illinois eastward to Virginia and Pennsylvania. That followed 275 severe wind reports just a day earlier in many of the same areas.Four tornadoes were spotted in Wisconsin on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service, in Shawano, Monroe and Iowa counties.
— NWS Milwaukee August 12, 2021 Read MoreIn the Chicago area, people were still cleaning up from Tuesday's storms when"another round came through Wednesday night, CNN affiliate WLS reported. The storms brought down trees onto cars and even damaged sidewalks, according to WLS.It's been almost a week of severe storms for some Midwest states. There were reports of damaging wind, hail and tornadoes in Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, and Iowa over the weekend.
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