At least 18 people are dead and 2.2 million people remain without power in the eastern United States, three days after a "super derecho" storm and near hurricane-force winds brought down electricity infrastructure throughout the mid-Atlantic region. Following on the heels of the winds that felled trees and crushed cars and homes in Washington, D.C., and surrounding areas, a punishing heat wave is wilting crops from Kansas to North Carolina, charting a path of record temperatures as it goes. Go to story #1