Illinois

It was a stormy day in northern Illinois as there were numerous tornado warnings and reports of storm damage. One video shows a white tornado that touched down in a Chicago suburb and it also sprouted a brilliant rainbow.

It was quite a wind event in Missouri, Illinois and Iowa today as winds equaling a category 1 hurricane were reported in many locations.

Almost no one was prepared. It was early morning in a small Illinois town on March 19, 1948 when the ominous clouds rolled in. A monster tornado dropped onto an unsuspecting Illinois town leaving only 20% of it standing once the winds subsided.

It's a fascinating sight, but I'm not certain that I'd like to be the person seeing it. New video shows a spinning funnel cloud over Illinois and the viewpoint is straight up into the whirling vortex.

You know you're in a massive hail storm when your gutters seem to turn into a snow machine. That's exactly what happened this week during a storm in Manteno, Illinois.

No matter what you might have seen in a movie, trains do not normally just plow through flood water. That harrowing scenario was a reality recently as a train in Illinois was spotted carefully making its way through Mississippi River flood waters that stood in its way.

There was a huge dust storm that completely overwhelmed drivers on I-55 in Illinois today. There are reports of crashes and stopped traffic with the pictures to prove it.

If it seems like we are hearing about more and more tornadoes in the Midwest each year, that's because we are. This increase in severe weather has led meteorological experts to redefine the area known as Tornado Alley, which continues to grow and is shifting into new areas of the country.

As we gear up for summer in Illinois, I'm sure many of us are wondering what kind of weather we can expect this year. According to the Farmer's Almanac, Illinois is set to experience unprecedented climate patterns this summer, with soaring temperatures and occasional heavy precipitation.

This is an insurance adjustor's nightmare. A homeowner in Illinois shared video of huge hail the size of tennis balls falling and cratering their yard leaving big damage in its wake.