Damaging storms swept through the Midwest, disrupting flights at Chicago airports and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers. Storms moved into the Chicago area in the afternoon, causing downed trees and some building damage. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Associated Press.
The National Weather Service said it received more than a dozen reports of tornadoes Wednesday across northern Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Illinois. There were no immediate reports of injuries or deaths.
Weather service meteorologist Frank Pereira said the frontal system that produced the storms, including high winds and hail, was moving eastward Thursday. There was also a slight risk of severe thunderstorms in parts of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. The storms are being fueled by cool air from Canada clashing with warm, humid air from the South.
"Going forward, we're expecting another area of severe weather to develop across portions of the," Pereira said.