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On the evening of June 20, 2021, an intense tornado affected the Chicago suburbs of Naperville, Woodridge, Darien, Burr Ridge, and Willow Springs in DuPage and Cook Counties in Illinois. It was the strongest tornado spawned by a surface low over Wisconsin, which spawned a total of four tornadoes across Illinois and Indiana. The tornado ...
The National Weather Service in Chicago issued 16 tornado warnings on Monday around the region, the most in a single day in 20 years. This included Cook and DuPage counties, where O'Hare and ...
Illinois has had large tornado outbreaks in the past, the most notable being the tornado outbreak sequence of December 18–20, 1957. 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]
At O'Hare International Airport, an EF0 tornado was confirmed to have struck the terminal, being embedded in a swath of 70–80 mph (110–130 km/h). Despite advanced warnings, multiple flights were allowed to board before the storm hit, being stranded on the runway as travelers and staff at the airport took shelter.
CHICAGO — National Weather Service officials said Thursday multiple tornadoes were confirmed in northeast Illinois but they still had survey teams out exploring twister touchdowns. Multiple ...
Northern Illinois was the hardest-hit area, accounting for nearly 75% of the 340,000 power outages across the Midwest Tuesday morning in the wake of the storms. ... tornado warnings were issued ...
DuPage Airport (IATA: DPA, ICAO: KDPA, FAA LID: DPA) is a general aviation airport located 29 miles (47 km) west of downtown Chicago in West Chicago, DuPage County, Illinois, United States. It is owned and operated by the DuPage Airport Authority, which is an independent government body established by law by the state of Illinois.
Ty Carr, a resident of the Skyline Motel in McCook, Illinois, said a tornado tore off the roof. “Just chaos,” Carr said, cradling a toddler as he spoke to reporters.