{"id":132868,"date":"2026-06-11T18:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T00:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/new-tornadoes-touch-down-outside-chicago-as-severe-storms-pummel-the-midwest\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T23:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T05:46:20","slug":"new-tornadoes-touch-down-outside-chicago-as-severe-storms-pummel-the-midwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/new-tornadoes-touch-down-outside-chicago-as-severe-storms-pummel-the-midwest\/","title":{"rendered":"New tornadoes touch down outside Chicago as severe storms pummel the Midwest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This photo provided by Kylie Rouse shows the remnants of Shane and Jimmie Tipton's home in Unionville, Mo., Wednesday, June 10, 2026, after a tornado struck. (Kylie Rouse via AP)<\/span>(Kylie Rouse via AP)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Severe storms that swept through the Midwest knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers, damaged buildings and canceled flights, with new tornadoes touching down late Thursday in communities outside Chicago.<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service said tornadoes had been confirmed in mostly rural areas southwest of Chicago, with some preliminary reports of buildings damaged in Streator, a manufacturing and farm city about 100 miles (162 kilometers) away.<\/p>\n

That came a day after the weather service received more than a dozen reports of tornadoes<\/a> across northern Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Illinois. Trees and utility wires were reported down across the region.<\/p>\n

In Des Moines, Iowa, a 54-year-old man died at a homeless encampment in a park Wednesday after being hit by a tree that \u201cbroke apart and fell during strong storms,\u201d police said in a statement. The man was found critically injured Thursday morning and died at the scene, authorities said. There were no immediate reports of other deaths or injuries from the storms.<\/p>\n

Intense downpours, hail and thunderstorms continued Thursday, with the National Weather Service issuing tornado watches or warnings for parts of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin. Strong storms delayed or halted flights at airports in some cities, including Chicago, Philadelphia and Newark, New Jersey. Parts of the Northeast and mid-Atlantic also strained under high heat and humidity.<\/p>\n

A home vanishes before residents’ eyes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shane Tipton, of Unionville, Missouri, drove home from his factory job Wednesday afternoon unaware that severe weather was on the way, said his daughter, Kylie Rouse. As he stepped out of his truck, he saw a twister bearing down \u2014 and hurried into his mobile home to evacuate his 87-year-old dad, Jimmie Tipton.<\/p>\n

They made it back to the truck, drove just far enough away and watched as the tornado obliterated the home. Shattered cabinets, furniture and appliances littered the ground. Clothes hung in trees. They believe they lost one of their hunting dogs, who has been missing since it struck.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything’s destroyed,\u201d Rouse told The Associated Press in a phone interview Thursday. \u201cIt was scattered clear for miles. If my grandpa would have been in there, there’s no way that he would be alive.\u201d<\/p>\n

They returned to the scene Thursday to hunt through the debris for Jimmie Tipton’s prescriptions. Rouse has started an online fundraiser through GoFundMe to help them recover.<\/p>\n

Storm damages animal shelter in Illinois<\/strong><\/p>\n

Residents of Springfield, Illinois, believe a tornado touched down in their area late Wednesday. Two buildings at the Animal Protective League shelter in Springfield were heavily damaged, but none of the nearly 150 cats and 28 dogs housed there were injured, said Deana Corbin, the group’s executive director.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt pretty much wiped out our shelter facility, took the roofs off both of our buildings,\u201d Corbin said. \u201cIt\u2019s a miracle. We were so blessed to not have any injuries of either people or animals.\u201d<\/p>\n

The community pitched in to take in all the cats and dogs temporarily, including a local animal control center, veterinarians and residents, she said.<\/p>\n

Damage also was reported at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield.<\/p>\n

Weather service meteorologist Frank Pereira said the system that produced the storms, including high winds and hail, was moving eastward<\/a> Thursday, fueled by cool air from Canada clashing with warm, humid air from the South.<\/p>\n

Record high temperatures expected along East Coast<\/strong><\/p>\n

Potentially dangerous heat and high humidity<\/a> arrived Thursday and was expected to continue Friday for a swath of the East Coast from the mid-Atlantic to the Northeast, where daily high record temperatures could be broken in numerous places, the weather service said. Temperatures in the mid-90s Fahrenheit (mid-30s Celsius) were expected, but with the humidity it could feel like 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) or more, the service said.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia declared a heat health emergency for Thursday and Friday, activating cooling centers, home visits by field teams, outreach to people experiencing homelessness and other services. New York City officials were also urging residents to take precautions<\/a>, including drinking plenty of water and finding a cool place to stay if they do not have air conditioning.<\/p>\n

Severe weather wreaks havoc on air travel and power<\/strong><\/p>\n

At various points Wednesday and Thursday, ground stops were issued at Chicago’s O\u2019Hare International and Midway International airports, and at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.<\/p>\n

More than 1,000 flights going into and out of Chicago had been delayed or canceled, according to FlightAware<\/a>, a flight tracking website.<\/p>\n

Strong winds blew part of the roof off an apartment building in the Chicago area, forcing residents to leave, according to NBC 5 Chicago. Elsewhere, barns collapsed in Wisconsin and buildings were crushed in rural northern Missouri, photos and video online showed.<\/p>\n

Commonwealth Edison Company, which provides electric service across northern Illinois, said the storms had downed poles and wires. On X, it wrote that it expected \u201c80% restoration by Saturday, June 13 at 11 PM.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Associated Press reporters Hannah Fingerhut in Des Moines, Iowa, and Hallie Golden and Gene Johnson in Seattle contributed.<\/p>\n

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This frame grab from aerial video shows a building in Stickney, Illinois, after its roof was damaged by the severe storms that struck the Chicago area on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (AP Photo\/Courtesy WMAQ-TV in Chicago) TELEVISION OUT<\/span>This frame grab from aerial video shows a building in Stickney, Illinois, after its roof was damaged by the severe storms that struck the Chicago area on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (AP Photo\/Courtesy WMAQ-TV in Chicago) TELEVISION OUT<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This frame grab from video shows a downed tree after storms struck Amherst, Ohio, west of Cleveland on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (AP Photo\/Courtesy WEWS\/NEWS5) TELEVISION OUT<\/span>This frame grab from video shows a downed tree after storms struck Amherst, Ohio, west of Cleveland on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (AP Photo\/Courtesy WEWS\/NEWS5) TELEVISION OUT<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Grounds crew remove water from the field after severe thunderstorms came through the Chicago area before a baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Atlanta Braves, Wednesday, June 10, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo\/David Banks)<\/span>(AP Photo\/David Banks)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

photo provided by Kylie Rouse shows the remnants of Shane and Jimmie Tipton's home in Unionville, Mo., Wednesday, June 10, 2026, after a tornado struck. (Kylie Rouse via AP)(Kylie Rouse via AP) Severe storms that swept through the Midwest knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers, damaged buildings and canceled flights, with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":132869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5734],"tags":[],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-132868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-associated-press"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132868"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132872,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132868\/revisions\/132872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132868"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=132868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}