More than 600,000 users of Drake have suffered a power outage

　　China News Agency, Houston, August 10th. On the 10th, a rare storm occurred in the central United States, Drake, which caused damage to a large number of housing facilities and power outages for more than 600,000 users. No casualties have been reported.

　　According to the Associated Press, the National Weather Service issued Drake warnings for eastern Iowa, northern Illinois, northwest Indiana and southern Wisconsin that day. Drake is a meteorological term. According to the American meteorologist Patrick Marsh, it is a large-scale strong convective storm, which is rarer than tornadoes, but is more destructive than tornadoes. It is also called a "terrestrial hurricane."

Data map: Near Bathfield, Mississippi, USA, after a tornado, two damaged cars huddled together.

　　According to the ABC report, this Drake was formed in eastern Nebraska before 9 o'clock on the 10th. As it headed east, affected by warm and humid weather, the wind gradually strengthened and swept across Iowa, Parts of Wisconsin and Illinois. As of now, the storm has not stopped and is passing through Chicago, Illinois, and moving towards Indiana and Michigan. The strong wind caused serious damage to many houses and farmland at wind speeds of 80 to 100 miles per hour.

　　According to the Washington Post, more than 600,000 users in eastern Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois suffered power outages after the storm.

Data map: The storm hit the United States, and Philadelphia residents walked their dogs in knee-high water.

　　U.S. Homeland Security Coordinator Kim Elder said that the storm caused a series of damage in the central region, and many people are still trapped in buildings and cars.

　　American Meteorology Professor Victor Kinsney said that this Drake will become one of the worst disasters in the United States in 2020.

　　In 2009, the central United States encountered a devastating Drake. The storm passed more than 1,000 miles within 24 hours and caused 500 million US dollars in property damage. In 1888, Professor Gustavs Hinrichs of the University of Iowa in the United States named this severe convective storm for the first time using the term "Dreco". (Finish)