Tornado - Plainly Now

Chicago-Area Tornado Confirmed on Radar, One Dead in Indiana Explosion, Power Out to More Than Half a Million

By Plainly Now News Desk Published August 11, 2026 Updated August 13, 2026

AI-generated illustration: a suburban residential street under dark storm clouds, with large tree limbs and a toppled trunk brought down across front lawns, a wooden utility pole leaning over the roadway with slack overhead lines, and leaf debris scattered over the wet asphalt.

A fast-moving line of severe thunderstorms tore across the Chicago area and northwest Indiana on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, spawning a radar-confirmed tornado.