Twelve tornadoes were reported Saturday afternoon in central Illinois. A Tornado Watch was in effect until 7 p.m. for areas from Peoria to Champaign and southward. A Tornado Warning was in effect for ...

Tornado frequency plots in Illinois from 1950 to 2020 showed 64 percent of tornadoes occurred between April and June. April is the deadliest month with 97 reported deaths, mostly due to the 58 deaths ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Tornadoes have been reported in southern and southeastern Illinois, mostly over open land but with some damage reported in Homer, Ill., southeast of Champaign. A tornado was reported ...

A population of over 13 million people in parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, ...

Peoria, Ill (WMBD) — Severe storms brought heavy rain and tornadoes to Central Illinois on Wednesday. Most of the tornado reports occurred in Morgan, Cass, Mason, Tazewell, and McLean Counties while ...

We haven't seen much severe weather recently in the U.S., but the country hasn't been nearly that fortunate in past Augusts. On Aug. 28, 1990, 35 years ago today, an F5 tornado raked through two ...

BELVIDERE, IL (KTRK) -- Months after 11 tornadoes killed two people and ripped through parts of Illinois, an uplifting story is coming out of the wreckage. While picking through debris near his ...

FAIRDALE, Ill. (AP) – A second woman from a tiny Illinois farming community has died, Gov. Bruce Rauner confirmed Friday, a day after tornadoes struck a six-county swath of the state, injuring about a ...

CHICAGO -- Two women were killed, 11 people were injured and dozens of homes were destroyed when a tornado touched down in the small town of Fairdale, Ill. One of the injured remains hospitalized in ...

Over 60 tornadoes have hit Arkansas so far in 2025, the latest of which left a trail of damage over the weekend.

Residents in central Illinois on Sunday assessed the damage after rare December tornadoes, including one the day before that was a half-mile-wide, ripped roofs off homes in Taylorville, downed power ...