Chicago, IL News Reports and Accidents

The National Weather Service confirmed Tuesday that at least five tornadoes touched down in the Chicagoland area Monday night during a powerful severe weather event. Read More

A dam near the town of Nashville, Ill., was in imminent danger of failure after heavy rain. A woman in Indiana died after a tree fell onto a home as storms hit the Midwest. CHICAGO (AP) - ... Read More

Severe storms in the Midwest have overtopped a dam in southern Illinois and left the Chicago area cleaning up. Read More

Severe storms in the Midwest have overtopped a dam in southern Illinois and left the Chicago area cleaning up. Officials say a reservoir dam failed near the Illinois community of ... Read More

Thunderstorms with heavy rains and possible tornadoes rattled the Chicago area, toppling a large tree onto a home in suburban Norridge. (AP Video: Teresa Crawford) Read More

Thunderstorms with heavy rain and tornadoes have hit the Chicago area and elsewhere in the US Midwest, overtopping a dam in southern Illinois and cutting power to hundreds of thousands. A woman in ... Read More

The National Weather Service said 5-7 inches (12.7-27.8 centimeters) of rain fell over an eight-hour period. Additional heavy rain was in the forecast. Read More

Interstate 55 is closed in both directions between U.S. 6 and River Road Tuesday due to downed power lines, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. Severe weather slammed Illinois ... Read More

The National Weather Service is investigating more than two dozens paths of potential storm damage as they work to determine exactly how many tornadoes touched down in the Chicago area and parts of ... Read More

More than 13 million people were under tornado warning or watch alerts on Monday night in Chicago, and parts of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. Read More

Thunderstorms with heavy rains and tornadoes rattled the Chicago area and elsewhere in the Midwest, overtopping a dam Tuesday in southern Illinois, cutting power to hundreds of thousands, and even ... Read More

Part of Interstate 55 on the outskirts of Chicago remained shut down Tuesday morning after powerful winds from a derecho overturned several semi-trucks and toppled power lines onto cars. Read More

At least 10 tornadoes were reported in the Chicago area, as trees were knocked down and thousands were left without power. Read More

In all, the Chicago area, which was under a "moderate" risk of severe weather -- a level that ranks four of five on the Storm Prediction's Severe Weather Scale -- saw as many as 15 tornado warnings ... Read More

Tornadoes, dangerous straight-line winds, and other hazards rocked the Chicago area for a second night in a row Monday. At least one person was killed during the storm outbreak, officials confirmed. Read More

Several vehicles were tangled in wires on Interstate 55 near Arsenal Road in Channahon, Illinois State Police said. One person was taken to a nearby hospital with injuries related to the downed wires ... Read More

Downed power lines across the interstate from Monday night's storms have closed I-55 in both directions Tuesday morning near Channahon in far southwest Chicagoland. The Channahon Police Department ... Read More

A deadly and destructive derecho blasted across the Midwest on Monday packing hurricane-force wind gusts and likely tornadoes that caused extensive damage to communities along a 480-mile-long path ... Read More

A deadly and destructive derecho blasted across the Midwest on Monday packing hurricane-force wind gusts and likely tornadoes that caused extensive damage to communities along a 480-mile-long path ... Read More