The weather service quoted an unidentified emergency manager as saying a roof was blown off in the community of Huntley in McHenry County and a trained weather spotter saying trees were uprooted and roofs blown off in Cook County, where Chicago is located.Įarlier Wednesday, the weather service's Storm Prediction Center had said there was an enhanced risk for severe weather, including tornadoes in northern Illinois, including Chicago. Local news outlets said warehouses were reported damaged near O'Hare. but the hope is that the damage is minimal," he said. "There's a certain panic when you're watching a TV screen and everything is in red. "We have to, I assume, go into the core of the building."īecker said news of the storm was featured across local media. "I'm in a 60 story apartment building so my options are somewhat limited," he said. Lynn Becker, a longtime Chicago resident, posted video to Twitter with the sirens sounding out across the city's iconic skyline. Tornado sirens sounded at least twice across Chicago, warning people to take cover and ringing through the city's buildings. The National Weather Service issued two tornado warnings for portions of the city Wednesday evening. Some 169 flights were canceled and nearly 500 were delayed, according to the flight tracking service FlightAware. Video from TV stations showed hundreds of people taking shelter in an O'Hare concourse. the weather service said the Chicago forecast area was "currently tornado warning free." It said the storm was moving east toward Michigan, where tornado warnings were issued. Seek shelter if in the warned area," it said.īy 8 p.m. There are additional circulations along the line south of O'Hare. "This tornado has been touching the ground intermittently so far and is moving east. There were no immediate reports of injuries.Ī confirmed tornado was on the ground around 7 p.m., according to the National Weather Service in Chicago. CHICAGO - A tornado touched down Wednesday evening near Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, prompting passengers to take shelter and disrupting hundreds of flights.
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