Third Tornado Confirmed From Sunday Night Storms; It Traveled From Hobart To South Haven, Indiana
A third tornado has now been confirmed in the storms that pounded the Chicago area late Sunday night.
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A third tornado has now been confirmed in the storms that pounded the Chicago area late Sunday night.
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Naperville was among the hardest-hit communities in the largest tornado that hit the Chicago area late Sunday night. A night later, neighbors banded together to help each other.
Volunteers will provide food, water, shelter and support. The shelter is open overnight.
Severe and dangerous thunderstorms brought a tornado to the ground late Sunday night and brought heavy rain and dangerous wind to the entire Chicago area.
Coming up on 24 hours after an EF-3 tornado touched ground in the western suburbs, the cleanup was nonstop – and the work was more than cut out. In Woodridge, there were piles of tree debris lying six feet high – but also neighbors looking to speed up the recovery.
Even before the first responders' pleas for help Sunday night, the forecasters at the National Weather Service Office already knew the storm storm was going to be trouble.
"That rubble buried those folks, and it looks to me the wind moved that rubble to the side, creating less of a weight on the individuals," the Naperville fire chief said.
Many families' lives were changed drastically overnight, following a tornado that left some homes virtually destroyed in Naperville.
Sunday night's EF-3 tornado that tore through DuPage County had wind speeds between 136 and 165 mph. Historical records show this is the first significant EF-2 or greater tornado in the county in 45 years.
At O'Hare International Airport, passengers on planes ready to depart were sent back inside Sunday ight after the airport issued a "gate hold" due to tornados in the area.
Following the devastating tornado late Sunday night, it was truly incredible to hear the two people who were inside a house that was leveled ended up making it out alive.
The damage from the tornado that struck Naperville and other west and southwest suburbs late Sunday night has been deemed consistent with an EF-3 rating.
A cleanup effort is underway in Naperville after a tornado hit the area overnight.
Heavy rain overnight has left roadways flooded Monday morning afte severe weather in the southwest suburbs.
At one point during the storm, more than 33,000 people were impacted by outages.
Residents in the southwest suburbs are waking up to extensive damage after a tornado touched down in Naperville and Woodridge overnight.
About a dozen homes were damaged, and four people were rushed to area hospitals, after a tornado touched down in Naperville late Sunday night.
A tornado was confirmed in the southwest suburbs late Sunday night amid dangerous storms that pounded the Chicago area.
There is a marginal threat for severe weather in part of the Chicago area midday Saturday. The threat includes damaging thunderstorm winds and the low chance of a brief tornado to spin up as a warm front lifts toward the south suburbs.
Some people in the Chicago area are still without power after Monday's storms caused major damage.
"When we saw the destruction from the storm, we said this is our opportunity to make a difference. We had people come from the South Side, West side, all over just to help."
A brief tornado touched down in Rogers Park Monday, the National Weather Service confirmed.
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