More than 130,000 Illinois residents were told to seek shelter in under a minute as a hazardous severe thunderstorm barreled ...

Tornadoes have been confirmed across parts of central Illinois on Wednesday afternoon, prompting urgent warnings from the National Weather Service (NWS). Storm chasers and radar data indicate a large ...

While cold and snow increasingly become the news, some prolific severe weather outbreaks, including tornadoes, can barge in ...

Tornado watches and warnings have been issued across major parts of central and southern Illinois, as well as counties south of Chicago, according to the National Weather Service. Some have even been ...

2013: During an unusually warm stretch in late fall, it was a balmy 70 degrees. But by day’s end, six people were killed in ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Tornadoes have been reported in southern and southeastern Illinois, mostly over open land but with some damage reported in Homer, Ill., southeast of Champaign. A tornado was reported ...

Peoria, Ill (WMBD) — Severe storms brought heavy rain and tornadoes to Central Illinois on Wednesday. Most of the tornado reports occurred in Morgan, Cass, Mason, Tazewell, and McLean Counties while ...

FAIRDALE, Ill. (AP) – A second woman from a tiny Illinois farming community has died, Gov. Bruce Rauner confirmed Friday, a day after tornadoes struck a six-county swath of the state, injuring about a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- It has been a little over a month since a massive tornado hit DuPage County, and the Chicago area has been dealing with more summer storms as well as drought since. The result from ...

Tuesday will mark a somber anniversary, as 100 years have passed since the deadliest tornado in U.S. history devastated several states. On March 18, 1925, the “Tri-State Tornado” tore a path of ...