Severe Weather Hammers Chicago Area
At Least 11 Tornadoes Touch Down
At least 11 tornadoes touched down in parts of the Chicago area on Wednesday, officials said, as another storm cell prompted a couple of brief tornado warnings.
Chicago Area Battered by Storms
The Chicago area was battered by severe weather on Tuesday with multiple tornado touchdowns and a slew of severe thunderstorm warnings. The National Weather Service confirmed at least five tornadoes touched down in the Chicago area on Tuesday, including an EF-2 tornado that caused significant damage in Naperville.
The agency's Chicago bureau said its staff had to briefly take shelter from a tornado on Tuesday afternoon. "We're all safe, but we're a little shaken up," said Amy Freeze, WLS-TV's chief meteorologist. "We're just glad that everyone in our area is safe."
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