Here’s what a local meteorologist said has contributed to an increase in the number of reported tornadoes in Illinois this year. Joshua Carter Belleville News-Democrat The state of Illinois has seen ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ill. — Gov. JB Pritzker traveled to southern Illinois on Wednesday, touring tornado damage in Jefferson and Effingham counties as communities continue recovering from a string of ...

A tornado was confirmed near Huntley, Illinois, during the severe storms that pounded the Chicago area Wednesday night. The National Weather Service said a brief tornado was confirmed near Huntley, ...

The record-breaking tornado activity for 2026 in Illinois is “remarkable,” according to Dr. Trent Ford ’11, who has served the people of Illinois as state climatologist since 2019. Over the last 30 ...

MOLINE, Ill. — We're about halfway through this year's severe weather season, but Illinois has already broken a state tornado record, with more storms likely on the horizon. As of this article's ...

(WAND) - The National Weather Service confirmed seven tornadoes touched down in central Illinois during Sunday's storms. The tornado count for the WAND viewing area, which does not include all of ...

A deadly severe weather outbreak over the weekend brought Illinois' preliminary tornado count for the year to 200, more than doubling the count of any other state. Forty tornado reports were filed ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ill. – The National Weather Service confirmed the presence of at least nine tornadoes in southern Illinois from Sunday’s severe storms, including an EF3 tornado in Jefferson County ...