Tornadoes and winds of up to 100 mph hit the central United States on Wednesday, bringing with them record heat levels, wildfires, and dangerous dust storms. The National Weather Service (NWS) Storm Prediction Center said Wednesday that a new record had been set for the most number of hurricane-force (75+ mph) thunderstorm wind gusts in a day since 2004, at 55 and counting, surpassing the Aug. 10, 2020 record of 53. NWS has so far received reports of 20 tornadoes all in Iowa and Nebraska. No casualties have so far been reported. The severe winds and dangerous weather left more than 77,791 homes and businesses without electricity across the state of Iowa and about 65,079 in Kansas as of about 10:37 a.m. CST, according to poweroutage.us. Meanwhile, Wisconsin saw about 106,394 homes and businesses without electricity. Earlier power outages in other states including Texas and New Mexico had been mostly resolved by late Wednesday. Severe …