Tornadoes pummel communities outside Chicago, tearing up homes and toppling power poles

Source: New York Post

At least three tornadoes battered communities outside Chicago on Thursday, leveling homes and ripping down trees and power poles, while storms grounded flights for some and knocked out power for hundreds of thousands in the Midwest and Northeast. As a large column of air descended on Merrillville, Indiana, a town about 33 miles southeast of Chicago, the city’s police warned residents to take cover. By the evening, downed trees and power lines blocked the streets, homes were torn up and part of a high school’s roof was ripped off.