While National Weather Service officials Thursday did not have an exact number of how many tornadoes blew through Chicago and the surrounding areas Wednesday evening, officials warned of high waves and dangerous currents at Lake Michigan beaches.
Wednesday between 5 to 7 p.m., officials said multiple tornadoes tracked across parts of northeast Illinois, some in proximity to one another, spawned by rotating thunderstorms known as “supercells,” officials said.Officials said Thursday it will take a few days to confirm how many tornadoes touched down as officials were working to access the damage to determine the strength and number of twisters.
Officials said there is a chance of continued thunderstorms Thursday for portions of north central and northeast Illinois, and northwest Indiana.Severe weather also rocked the Chicago area in 1995. . On a single day — July 15 — the number of heat-related deaths reached its highest daily tally of 215; refrigerated trucks were summoned to handle the overflow of corpses.
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