Illinois
High winds buffet Illinois, Indiana, Michigan
CHICAGO (AP) — Winds gusting as excessive as 60 mph (96 kilometers per hour) buffeted Illinois, Indiana and Michigan on Thursday, blowing down a lightweight pole in Chicago and inflicting energy outages. A 60 mph gust was recorded on the airport in Valparaiso, Indiana, and a 59 mph (95 kilometers per hour) gust was measured at Chicago Halfway Worldwide Airport, the Nationwide Climate Service mentioned.
Winds broken energy traces, bushes and a few constructions in Chicago, together with blowing off roofing, the Chicago Fireplace Division mentioned on Twitter. A lightweight pole was blown over within the South Loop, WBBM-TV reported.
Greater than 23,000 energy prospects within the three states misplaced service at instances, utilities reported.
Thursday’s excessive winds got here a day after a weak twister touched down for about two minutes in southeastern Indiana’s Decatur County on Wednesday night time. It broken a farm outbuilding and tossed a small horse trailer, the climate service mentioned.