Severe storms raced through the Chicago area Wednesday evening, prompting a tornado watch for parts of the area well into the evening and multiple tornado warnings in Northwest Indiana. A tornado warning was issued in the early evening for southeastern LaPorte County,

Another round of strong storms moved through the Chicago area Wednesday afternoon. There was a Tornado Warning for part of northwest Indiana, which has since expired.

Dozens of tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings were issued Wednesday in parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Mississippi as storms hit those and other states in

There is a tornado watch in place for the afternoon and evening in Chicago's south suburbs and Northwest Indiana.

A deadly severe weather system continues to charge east Thursday and is expected to tear across more than a dozen states, from parts of Texas to the densely populated mid-Atlantic and Northeast, placing over 55 million Americans directly in the path of its destructive forces.

An official tornado watch from the National Weather Service has been issued for 13 million Americans on Wednesday evening. Several tornadoes are expected to strike in the central part of the United States on Wednesday night,