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The Chicago area is cleaning up. A dam fails after rain, wind, tornadoes pound the Midwest. The Chicago area is cleaning up. MELISSA PEREZ WINDER, ED WHITE and JIM SALTER. July 16, 2024 at 1:58 PM ...
A radar-confirmed tornado swept through suburban Chicago, damaging homes, toppling trees, knocking out power and causing some injuries, officials said. At least four injuries were reported in ...
The 1990 Plainfield tornado was a devastating tornado that occurred on the afternoon of Tuesday, August 28, 1990. The violent tornado killed 29 people and injured 353. [1] It is the only F5/EF5 rated tornado ever officially recorded in August in the United States (unofficially the 1883 Rochester, Minnesota cyclone is considered an F5), and the only F5 tornado to strike the Chicago area.
The August 2020 Midwest derecho was a powerful derecho affecting the Midwestern United States on August 10–11, 2020, primarily eastern Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana. It caused high winds and spawned an outbreak of weak tornadoes. Some areas reported torrential rain and large hail. [ 2 ][ 7 ][ 1 ]
A supercell storm spawned multiple tornadoes around Chicago, Illinois on Wednesday evening (12 July), according to the National Weather Service (NWS). Footage shared by Twitter user @busta_59 ...
However, none of these tornadoes have reached the downtown district of the city. The July 2024 Midwest derecho produced multiple tornadoes impacting large cities, including Des Moines, Iowa, [278] Davenport, Iowa, [279] Peoria, Illinois, [280] Joliet, Illinois, [281] and Chicago, Illinois; only the tornado in Chicago reached a downtown area.
But by late afternoon, the threat of severe weather woke many from warm weather dreams, a ... Cleanup from storm damage continues in Chicago area as National Weather Service confirms at least 11 ...
The 1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak was a destructive tornado outbreak and severe weather event that occurred on April 21, 1967, across the central Midwest, in particular the towns of Belvidere and Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States. Locally known as 'Black Friday,' it was the largest tornado outbreak of 1967 and has been described by NWS Chicago ...