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EF-2 Tornado Near Midway Among 17 Tallied So Far From Last Week’s Storms, Weather Service Says
Storms damaged buildings on Chicago's Southwest Side as pictured on June 11, 2026. (Courtesy of Ald. Silvana Tabares)
The tornado tally is now up to 17 for the June 11 storms, including an EF-2 twister that cut a path from suburban Hickory Hills to an area near Midway Airport, according to the National Weather Service.
An EF-0 tornado has also been identified from Naperville into Lisle.
EF-2 tornadoes pack winds of 111-135 miles per hour, while EF-0 winds reach 65 to 85 miles per hour.
Teams are continuing to survey damage and map the paths of the numerous tornadoes that occurred in the area covered by the Chicago office of the National Weather Service, which is responsible for 18 counties in northeast Illinois and 5 counties in northwest Indiana.
In addition to the tornadoes, parts of the Chicago metro region suffered damage from destructive straight-line winds that brought down thousands of trees and led to widespread power outages.
As of Monday morning, approximately 200 ComEd customers remained without power in Chicago, down from more than 50,000 customers on Friday.
Efforts to restore power were complicated by fallen trees, which damaged utility equipment and blocked access to neighborhoods, ComEd said in a statement.
Nearly 500 utility poles and close to 300,000 feet of cable wire were replaced, according to ComEd.
Illinois officials are asking residents affected by the storms to fill out a voluntary damage assessment survey. State and local emergency management agencies will use this information to help determine next steps in terms of applying for additional recovery assistance.
As cleanup continues from last week’s storms, more severe weather is in the forecast for this week, with the greatest threat on Wednesday.
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