Authorities advised citizens to take shelter as tornado sirens resounded around the third-largest US city on Wednesday as tornadoes and thunderstorms pounded the Chicago area. Airports were forced to cease air travel.
As many as eight tornadoes, including four in Cook County, struck northeastern Illinois on Wednesday evening, according to the National Weather Service, with one touching down close to Chicago’s O’Hare international airport.
“This tornado has been touching the ground intermittently so far and is moving east. There are additional circulations along the line south of O’Hare. Seek shelter if in the warned area,” the National Weather Service in Chicago said, before reporting less than an hour later that the area was tornado free.
The US is now facing another hazard as flash floods overwhelmed many regions and thunderstorms brought “torrential downpours.” On Wednesday, July 12, tornado warnings have now been issued for Chicago. Upon learning that a tornado had made landfall close to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, travelers were obliged to seek shelter. Numerous flights were canceled. A concourse at O’Hare Airport became a haven for hundreds of passengers, and 173 planes that were supposed to leave the airport were canceled. There were more than 500 delayed flights. Over 10,000 consumers in the area experienced power outages, according to Poweroutage.us.
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