An Indiana woman was killed Monday night when a tree uprooted during severe storms fell on her home, the Associated Press reported.

This wasn't the only time heavy rain and winds caused trees to hit homes on Monday.

“It felt like a sudden gust of wind was coming in, so my uncle decided to take all of us to the basement,” said Mihailo Jevdosic, 16, of Illinois. Said “Then I went down to the basement and I heard a loud noise and a tree fell on the house.”

A derecho – a series of severe thunderstorms with widespread wind gusts – hit the Midwest, producing wind gusts of more than 100 mph. according to Wind speeds in Camp Grove, Illinois, were recorded at 105 mph, speeds often seen in Category 2 hurricanes, according to AccuWeather. (Related article: Americans wake up to 'extreme' weather warnings)

A series of powerful thunderstorms ripped through the Midwest on Monday, leaving at least one person dead after winds topped 100 mph. https://t.co/88YN8AMJSQ pic.twitter.com/yb8gmiMCsu

— AccuWeather (@accuweather) July 16, 2024

Ten tornadoes were reported in the Chicago metropolitan area alone, according to CBS, and meteorology students said one touched down less than two miles from Chicago O'Hare International Airport, leaving thousands of people stranded on the runway in dangerous conditions.

Wind speeds at O'Hare International Airport reached 62 mph, according to a tweet from AccuWeather.

A powerful storm struck Chicago on Monday, bringing damaging winds and tornado warnings.

Wind speeds reached a maximum of 62 mph at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. https://t.co/IPvd113SMs pic.twitter.com/5m7NfPThYm

— AccuWeather (@accuweather) July 16, 2024

Footage taken at the airport showed outdoor furniture being blown away by the wind, including recliners. One of the chairs was in the swimming pool. The sound of wind can be heard in the footage.

Extreme weather caused power outages for over 100,000 people display From poweroutage.us. Authorities ordered hundreds of Illinois residents to evacuate because storm waters were causing dams to overflow, according to the Associated Press.

Northern Illinois was the hardest hit, accounting for nearly 75% of the 340,000 power outages reported across the Midwest on Tuesday, according to AccuWeather. Alex Haglund, a spokesman for the Washington County Emergency Management Agency, told The Associated Press that one woman said she had to wade through waist-high water to get home.