According to the National Weather Service, the natural disaster goes down as the seventh-deadliest tornado in history. Sadly, it claimed the lives of 158 people, while injuring more than 1,000.

Since that whirlwind isn’t connected to a cloud it isn’t considered a tornado, but stronger gustnadoes are capable of causing damage, according to weather experts. A slew of watches and ...

A whirlwind of weather in the Chicago area that ... Following a system of strong storms that has spawned tornado warnings in multiple Chicago-area counties and elsewhere in the Midwest, a ...