A Tornado Watch is in effect, as is a Flood Watch, for large swaths of the Chicago area Wednesday. The possibility of ...

A menacing mass of clouds that resembled a mountain range loomed along the Chicago skyline in the wake of a tornado Wednesday, extraordinary photos show. “I’ve never seen anything like this in ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Three tornadoes touched down in the Chicago area Sunday night, including two on the city's South Side, the National Weather Service confirmed. Two of the tornadoes, which ...

At least three tornadoes touched down in the Chicago area late on ... after a tornado was confirmed to be on the ground near O’Hare International Airport and moving east toward downtown.

On July 14, 2024, three tornadoes touched down in downtown Chicago, Illinois, as confirmed by the National Weather Service. Tornado sirens were activated following a rare tornado warning, creating ...

Storm clouds pass over downtown Chicago as the National Weather Service issued multiple tornado warnings in the greater metropolitan area Wednesday, July 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast ...

Many simply believe the city is tornado-proof, espousing junk science that Chicago is protected by the cooler temperatures and breezes from Lake Michigan, or that downtown’s skyline is a ...

It appeared multiple twisters touched down over the course of an hour, during which tornado sirens were ringing in downtown Chicago. Both Midway and O'Hare airports had tornado sightings.

If a historical timeline and a map are not enough to answer the question, consider first-person accounts. Here’s just one example. On April 21, 1967, a tornado hit the South Side of Chicago.

Dear Tom, Tornadoes destroy houses and low buildings like factories and schools, but what is the tallest building ever destroyed by a tornado? — Earl Fischer, Joliet Dear Earl, It is believed… ...