Severe storms devastated the Chicago, Illinois region on August 11, 2026, with reports of at least two tornadoes. Um dos fenômenos, registrado em Tinley Park, próximo à rodovia I-80 e Harlem Avenue, provocou ventos estimados entre 80 e 90 milhas por hora e causou danos significativos em estruturas locais e na rede elétrica.
More than 880,000 consumers were left without electricity throughout the Central-West region on the same day, after the storms passed. In addition to causing widespread outages, the storms generated warnings of tornadoes and strong gusts of wind that knocked down trees and power lines, like what happened in Tinley Park.
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Data from PowerOutage.us indicated that as of the afternoon of August 11, 880,232 customers were without power nationwide, with the majority of outages concentrated in the states of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. In Tinley Park, damage included the tearing off of part of a roof, with the debris caught on video.
The electricity supply outages were the result of an intense line of storms that crossed the Great Lakes region. The weather system triggered multiple tornado warnings and raised concerns about winds that had the capacity to knock down trees and structures, highlighting the strength seen in places like Tinley Park.