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

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 ...

Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist has been a fixture on CBS News Chicago since 2002. Multiple rounds of storms pounded the Chicago area Monday afternoon, evening, and late night — prompting tornado and ...

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We haven't seen much severe weather recently in the U.S., but the country hasn't been nearly that fortunate in past Augusts. On Aug. 28, 1990, 35 years ago today, an F5 tornado raked through two ...

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The National Weather Service received no reports of tornado touchdowns Friday night after cancelling a tornado watch early for several Northern Illinois counties. After issuing a tornado watch shortly ...

Victoria Cooper, 36, hugs a volunteer near her wrecked car on Natural Bridge Ave on Saturday, May 17, 2025, in north St. Louis, the day after a tornado hit the city. She and her 15-year-old son Pa'den ...

CLARKSVILLE, Mo. – The National Weather Service confirmed an EF-1 tornado swept through Clarksville, Missouri on Wednesday morning and crossed state lines into Illinois. According to NWS the tornado ...

Thousands of people in Illinois were urged to take immediate cover on Wednesday as a tornado approached. Multiple urgent warnings were issued for parts of central Illinois and affected thousands, ...

Severe weather is moving in across Illinois, with multiple tornado warnings for some parts of the state and tornado watches for others. Through the afternoon, the entire Chicago area is at some risk ...