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Severe weather cuts power to half a million across US Midwest

Intense thunderstorms and extreme winds knocked out power for over 500,000 people in the Chicago area and northwestern Indiana.

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A severe weather system with dangerous thunderstorms and extreme wind gusts swept across Illinois, Indiana and Ohio on Tuesday. The system left more than half a million people without power in the Chicago area and northwestern Indiana.

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Severe weather knocks out power in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio as 'ring of fire' strikes Midwest

CHICAGO (AP) — Severe weather cut power to more than half a million people in the Chicago area and northwestern Indiana as perilous thunderstorms and extreme wind gusts pummeled the region Tuesday.

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