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8:01 p.m.: Line of storms moving across Western Kentucky, second line in Illinois. A line of severe thunderstorms − some capable of producing tornadoes − continues to move across Union and ...
I-55 remains shut down in both directions
Illinois has had large tornado outbreaks in the past, including the tornado outbreak sequence of December 18–20, 1957 and the 1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak. Illinois is vulnerable to tornadoes with an average of 35 occurring annually, which puts much of the state at around 5 tornadoes per 10,000 square miles (30,000 km 2) annually. [1]
Winter Storm Watch issued A winter storm is expected to blanket much of Illinois with snow, sleet and freezing rain starting early Sunday morning. ... 1,026 people died last year from opioid ...
A large tree uprooted by a tornado in Joliet, Illinois on July 15, 2024. Shortly after this sounding, a severe thunderstorm watch was issued, as forecasters predicted a fast-moving bowing storm system could form and bring wind gusts exceeding 85 mph (137 km/h) to northern Illinois, eastern Iowa, and southern Wisconsin. [27]
The scale differs from the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale and Fujita scale, which are used to classify tropical cyclones and tornadoes, respectively, in that it takes into account the number of people affected by the storm. [2] The scale, as devised, is intended chiefly to assess past storms rather than assist in forecasts.
Hundreds of people in a southern Illinois town were ordered to evacuate Tuesday as water rolled over the top of a dam, just one perilous result of severe weather that raged through the Midwest ...