A National Weather Service team will survey damage in northeast Illinois, where fierce winds from suspected tornadoes ripped roofs from buildings, downed trees and sent residents scrambling for safety as sirens sounded.
The weather service warned Wednesday evening that a confirmed tornado was on the ground near Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. Passengers took shelter and the storm disrupted hundreds of flights, but there were no immediate reports of injuries. A short time later, the weather service said the Chicago forecast area was "currently tornado warning free." The storm moved into Michigan before passing through the state and into Canada early Thursday.
The weather service posted a map on social media highlighting several areas where tornadoes are suspected to have touched down, noting that they were spawned by rotating thunderstorms known as supercells. A team will survey damage Thursday to determine an official count of the tornadoes, their tracks and intensity ratings.
"When the winds kicked up really hard, really fast, and I'm like, 'Basement — now! Grab the dog, let's go!' And it wasn't more than a couple seconds after that, that got really crazy.""It really left as quick as it came," he said. "It was maybe 10, 20 seconds, and it was out of here, and all this.". Some 173 flights departing the airport were canceled and more than 500 were delayed, according to the flight tracking service FlightAware.
The weather service quoted an unidentified emergency manager as saying a roof was blown off in the community of Huntley in McHenry County northwest of Chicago. Huntley Battalion Chief Mike Pierce told ABC-7-TV that firefighters and other emergency services were responding to downed power lines, trees and tree branches, and that power outages had been reported. Building damage appeared to be concentrated around two apartment buildings, he said.
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