Storm cut a path of destruction in the Midwest that downed trees and cut power to hundreds of thousands. Video recorded in the Chicago suburb of Oswego appears to show a massive tornado. TODAY’s Al Roker tracks the latest forecast.
Severe storms and multiple tornadoes caused devastation across the Midwest Monday night and into Tuesday morning, leaving more than half a million energy customers without power, as fears rise over a lingering risk of floods. Almost 330,000 energy connections were lost in Illinois, according to PowerOutage.us, as well as 188,000 in Indiana and nearly 20,000 in Iowa.
The NWS later confirmed a tornado there as well as on in Sugar Grove, moving toward Aurora. Footage posted to social media showed warning sirens wailing in downtown Chicago, as well as heavy rain and lightning striking trees in the suburb of Mokena to the south. Hart Turner posted video to TikTok from his apartment overlooking the Chicago city skyline and said: 'That is the scariest wind I've ever heard in my time in Chicago. Oh man, my heart is still pumping.
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