All flights stopped by late morning at Chicago’s two major airports
Severe weather moved through the Chicago area and northwestern Indiana on Tuesday, darkening the sky and carrying extreme wind gusts across state lines.
More than 575,000 customers lost electricity in Illinois and Indiana, according to poweroutage.us.
All flights were stopped at Chicago’s two major airports, and tornado warning sirens blared in Illinois and Indiana.
Numerous wind gusts of 80 mph (128 kph) or more were reported at personal weather stations, with trees blown down across the region.
“These are dangerous storms!” the National Weather Service said by late morning.
The tracker showed Lake County, Indiana, especially hard hit.