National Weather Service Chicago confirms tornado Sunday in Grayslake, Illinois
A twister might have touched down in north suburban Grayslake this night, based on the Nationwide Climate Service.
A tornado warning was issued briefly on Sunday night, and aerial footage showed damage to numerous buildings, including.
SkyCam9 captured scenes of storm damage over Grayslake and Round Lake Park. She said officials are working to assess damage and get power restored. The fire chief tells NBC Chicago the storm cut a five-mile path through the town. The warning expired at midnight for those counties.
More than 18,000 people across the Chicago area and northern and western Illinois were left without power as of Monday morning, ComEd reported. At 11:15 p.m. Sunday, at least 41,000 customers were without power.
Lollapalooza organizers bumped up the music schedule for the final day of the festival to try and squeeze in all performers to avoid a second evacuation of the day.
“We are so grateful to our D127 family, our community members, neighboring school districts, local businesses, and others for their offers of assistance in repairing the damage caused by the storm”, Finger wrote in the letter. No one was injured.